Improper access control in Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2019-6790
Published: May 17, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31063
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6790
CWE-ID: CWE-284
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 authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.
An Incorrect Access Control (issue 2 of 3) issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 8.14 and later but before 11.5.8, 11.6.x before 11.6.6, and 11.7.x before 11.7.1. Guest users were able to view the list of a group's merge requests.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-6790
Install update from vendor's website.