Improper Authorization in Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2018-19569

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Improper Authorization in Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2018-19569

Published: July 10, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU30999
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19569
CWE-ID: CWE-285
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 authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

GitLab CE/EE, versions 8.8 up to 11.x before 11.3.11, 11.4 before 11.4.8, and 11.5 before 11.5.1, are vulnerable to an authorization vulnerability that allows access to the web-UI as a user using a Personal Access Token of any scope.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-19569

Install update from vendor's website.

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