Improper access control in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2020-11649

 

Improper access control in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2020-11649

Published: April 23, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU27261
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11649
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions. A remote members of a group can still have access after the group is deleted.


Affected software

Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition

How to mitigate CVE-2020-11649

Install updates from vendor's website.

Gitlab Community Edition - update to 12.9.3
GitLab Enterprise Edition - update to 12.9.3

External References

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