Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2020-8114

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2020-8114

Published: February 7, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU25033
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-8114
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: GitLab, Inc
Affected software:
GitLab Enterprise Edition

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to the permissions are not being validated in the ProjectExportWorker for the user scheduling exports. A remote attacker can gain elevated privileges on the target system.


How to mitigate CVE-2020-8114

Install updates from vendor's website.

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