Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in GitLab by GitLab Inc.
CVE-2019-5462

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

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

What is CVE-2019-5462?

A privilege escalation issue exists in GitLab CE/EE versions 9.0 and later, where trigger tokens can be exploited if they are not rotated after ownership changes. This oversight allows unauthorized users to gain elevated access, potentially compromising the integrity of the project and sensitive data.

Affected Version(s)

GitLab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition Affects GitLab CE/EE 9.0 and later

GitLab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition Fixed in 12.1.2 in 12.0.4 and in 11.11.6

References

https://hackerone.com/reports/495282
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https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/58312
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https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2019/07/29/security-rel...
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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:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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