Information disclosure in Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2019-15726
Published: September 16, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30757
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-2019-15726
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 issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition through 12.2.1. Embedded images and media files in markdown could be pointed to an arbitrary server, which would reveal the IP address of clients requesting the file from that server.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-15726
Install update from vendor's website.