Information disclosure in Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2018-17975

 

Information disclosure in Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2018-17975

Published: December 5, 2018 / Updated: July 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU31179
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17975
CWE-ID: CWE-200
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 non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community Edition 11.x before 11.1.8, 11.2.x before 11.2.5, and 11.3.x before 11.3.2. There is Information Exposure via the GFM markdown API.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-17975

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources