Information disclosure in GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2019-18456
Published: December 2, 2019 / Updated: December 3, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU23184
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-18456
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 insecure permissions in the Search feature provided by Elasticsearch integration. A remote attacker can disclose private comments in restricted groups.
Affected software
GitLab Enterprise Edition
How to mitigate CVE-2019-18456
Install updates from vendor's website.
GitLab Enterprise Edition - update to 12.4.1