# CVE-2024-12570: Privilege Context Switching Error in GitLab

> CVE-2024-12570: Privilege Context Switching Error in GitLab. CVSS 6.7 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2024-12570
Last updated: 2026-06-17T06:59:57Z

- Published: 2024-12-12 11:30 UTC · Updated: 2026-06-17 06:59 UTC · Assigner: GitLab
- CVSS: 6.7 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Medium · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- EPSS: 0.45%, 39th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-270

## Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 13.7 prior to 17.4.6, from 17.5 prior to 17.5.4, and from 17.6 prior to 17.6.2. It may have been possible for an attacker with a victim's \`CI\_JOB\_TOKEN\` to obtain a GitLab session token belonging to the victim.

## Affected vendors and products

- GitLab: GitLab

## Tracked companies

- [GitLab](https://rewindex.com/company/gitlab.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12570)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12570)
- [https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/494694](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/494694)
- [https://hackerone.com/reports/2724948](https://hackerone.com/reports/2724948)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2024-12570 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2024-12570.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2024-12570 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:12:48.941Z