Configuration error in Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2018-8971

Vulnerability identifier: #VU12921

CSH Severity: Low

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

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8971

CWE-ID: CWE-16

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 gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists in the Auth0 integration due to an incorrect omniauth-auth0 configuration. A remote attacker can gain root privileges.

Update to versions 10.3.9, 10.4.6 or 10.5.6.

• https://about.gitlab.com/2018/03/20/critical-security-release-gitlab-10-dot-5-dot-6-released/