Memory leak in GitLab Enterprise Edition and Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2020-13280
Published: August 6, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU34099
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-13280
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak via excessive logging of invite email error. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.
Affected software
GitLab Enterprise Edition
Gitlab Community Edition
Gitlab Community Edition
How to mitigate CVE-2020-13280
Install updates from vendor's website.
GitLab Enterprise Edition - addressed in versions 13.0.12, 13.1.6, 13.2.3
Gitlab Community Edition - addressed in versions 13.0.12, 13.1.6, 13.2.3
Gitlab Community Edition - addressed in versions 13.0.12, 13.1.6, 13.2.3