Information disclosure in Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2019-6789
Published: September 9, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30772
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6789
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.5.8, 11.6.x before 11.6.6, and 11.7.x before 11.7.1. It allows Information Disclosure (issue 4 of 6). In some cases, users without project permissions will receive emails after a project move. For private projects, this will disclose the new project namespace to an unauthorized user.
Affected software
Gitlab Community Edition
How to mitigate CVE-2019-6789
Install update from vendor's website.
Gitlab Community Edition - update to 11.7.1