Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in GitLab by GitLab Inc.
CVE-2013-4583

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Gitlab
Status
Gitlab
Gitlab Community Edition
Gitlab Enterprise Edition
Gitlab-shell
Vendor
CVE Published:
28 January 2020

Summary

A vulnerability has been identified in GitLab's parse_cmd function within lib/gitlab_shell.rb, which affects multiple versions of GitLab and gitlab-shell. This vulnerability allows remote authenticated users to escalate their privileges, potentially enabling them to clone arbitrary repositories without proper authorization. This could lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information and disrupt the integrity of the application's repository management.

Affected Version(s)

GitLab 5.0 before 5.4.2

GitLab Community Edition before 6.2.4

GitLab Enterprise Edition before 6.2.1

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/15/4
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https://www.gitlab.com/2013/11/14/multiple-critical-vulne...
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https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/18/4
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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