SB2017080207 - Improper Privilege Management in GitLab, Gitlab Community Edition
Published: August 2, 2017 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017080207
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper Privilege Management (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11438)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to read and manipulate data.
GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) before 9.0.11, 9.1.8, 9.2.8 allow an authenticated user with the ability to create a group to add themselves to any project that is inside a subgroup.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.