Improper Authentication in Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2020-13297

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Improper Authentication in Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2020-13297

Published: September 15, 2020 / Updated: September 18, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU46812
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-13297
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Gitlab Community Edition
Software vendor:
GitLab, Inc

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to read and manipulate data.

A vulnerability was discovered in GitLab versions before 13.1.10, 13.2.8 and 13.3.4. When 2 factor authentication was enabled for groups, a malicious user could bypass that restriction by sending a specific query to the API endpoint.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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