SB2019090928 - Improper Authentication in GitLab, Gitlab Community Edition
Published: September 9, 2019 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019090928
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Improper Authentication (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5473)
CWE-ID: CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
CVSSv4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote privileged user to execute arbitrary code.
An authentication issue was discovered in GitLab that allowed a bypass of email verification. This was addressed in GitLab 12.1.2 and 12.0.4.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.