Information disclosure in GitLab Enterprise Edition and Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2019-18460
Published: November 28, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU23075
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-18460
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to improper access control in the Comments Search feature provided by the Elasticsearch integration. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.
Affected software
GitLab Enterprise Edition
Gitlab Community Edition
Gitlab Community Edition
How to mitigate CVE-2019-18460
Install update from vendor's website.
GitLab Enterprise Edition - update to 12.4.1
Gitlab Community Edition - update to 12.4.1
Gitlab Community Edition - update to 12.4.1