Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2020-8795
Published: February 13, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU25341
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-8795
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to projects.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect membership handling of group sharing feature. Sharing a group with another group could grant project access to unauthorized users.
Affected software
Gitlab Community Edition
How to mitigate CVE-2020-8795
Install updates from vendor's website.
Gitlab Community Edition - addressed in versions 12.5.10, 12.6.7, 12.7.6