Session Fixation in Gitlab Authentication - CVE-2019-10371
Published: October 4, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21542
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10371
CWE-ID: CWE-384
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Jenkins
Affected software:
Gitlab Authentication
Gitlab Authentication
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to steal authenticated sessions.
The vulnerability exists due to the the affected software does not invalidate the previous session and create a new one upon successful login. A remote attacker able to control or obtain another user’s pre-login session ID can impersonate them.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-10371
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.