Improper access control in GitLab Enterprise Edition and Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2020-13359

 

Improper access control in GitLab Enterprise Edition and Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2020-13359

Published: November 3, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU48111
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-13359
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.

The vulnerability exists due to the Terraform API exposes the object storage signed URL on the delete operation. A remote authenticated attacker can overwrite the Terraform state to bypass audit and other business controls.


Affected software

GitLab Enterprise Edition
Gitlab Community Edition

How to mitigate CVE-2020-13359

Install updates from vendor's website.

GitLab Enterprise Edition - addressed in versions 13.3.9, 13.4.5, 13.5.2
Gitlab Community Edition - addressed in versions 13.3.9, 13.4.5, 13.5.2

External References

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