Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Log Files in Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2018-16049

 

Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Log Files in Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2018-16049

Published: October 3, 2018 / Updated: July 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU31192
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16049
CWE-ID: CWE-532
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 execute arbitrary code.

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.0.6, 11.1.x before 11.1.5, and 11.2.x before 11.2.2. There is Sensitive Data Disclosure in Sidekiq Logs through an Error Message.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-16049

Install update from vendor's website.

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