Incorrect permission assignment for critical resource in Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2019-15723
Published: September 16, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30754
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15723
CWE-ID: CWE-732
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 manipulate data.
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 11.9.x and 11.10.x before 11.10.1. Merge requests created by email could be used to bypass push rules in certain situations.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-15723
Install update from vendor's website.