Improper Authentication in Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2019-15737

 

Improper Authentication in Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2019-15737

Published: September 16, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU30748
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15737
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: GitLab, Inc
Affected software:
Gitlab Community Edition

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition through 12.2.1. Certain account actions needed improved authentication and session management.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-15737

Install update from vendor's website.

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