Input validation error in Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2019-5461

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Input validation error in Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2019-5461

Published: September 9, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU30788
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5461
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: GitLab, Inc
Affected software:
Gitlab Community Edition

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to manipulate data.

An input validation problem was discovered in the GitHub service integration which could result in an attacker being able to make arbitrary POST requests in a GitLab instance's internal network. This vulnerability was addressed in 12.1.2, 12.0.4, and 11.11.6.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-5461

Install update from vendor's website.

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