Path traversal in Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2018-20229
Published: April 4, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31122
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20229
CWE-ID: CWE-22
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 non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.3.14, 11.4.x before 11.4.12, and 11.5.x before 11.5.5 allows Directory Traversal.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-20229
Install update from vendor's website.