Path traversal in Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2017-0918

Vulnerability identifier: #VU11240

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-0918

CWE-ID: CWE-22

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: GitLab, Inc

Affected software:
Gitlab Community Edition

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct path traversal attack on the target system.

The weakness exists in the GitLab CI runner component due to path traversal. A remote attacker can read and poison other project caches.

Install update from vendor's website.

• https://about.gitlab.com/2018/01/16/gitlab-10-dot-3-dot-4-released/