Information disclosure in Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2019-5487
Published: December 18, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30520
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5487
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: GitLab, Inc
Affected software:
Gitlab Community Edition
Gitlab Community Edition
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
An improper access control vulnerability exists in Gitlab EE <v12.3.3, <v12.2.7, & <v12.1.13 that allowed the group search feature with Elasticsearch to return private code, merge requests and commits.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-5487
Install update from vendor's website.