Improper access control in Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2018-19496
Published: July 10, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31014
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19496
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to manipulate data.
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 10.x and 11.x before 11.3.11, 11.4.x before 11.4.8, and 11.5.x before 11.5.1. There is an incorrect access control vulnerability that permits a user with insufficient privileges to promote a project milestone to a group milestone.
Affected software
Gitlab Community Edition
How to mitigate CVE-2018-19496
Install update from vendor's website.
Gitlab Community Edition - update to 11.5.1