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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 11.2.6/11.3.7/11.4.2 (Bug Tracking Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.2.7, 11.3.x before 11.3.8, and 11.4.x before 11.4.3. It has Information Exposure Through an Error Message.

The bug was discovered 10/29/2018. The weakness was presented 12/04/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at about.gitlab.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-18648 since 10/25/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 118497 (FreeBSD : Gitlab -- multiple vulnerabilities (b9591212-dba7-11e8-9416-001b217b3468)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 11.2.7, 11.3.8 or 11.4.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (118497). See 127304, 127506, 127507 and 127508 for similar entries.

Productinfo

Type

• Bug Tracking Software

Vendor

• GitLab

Name

• Community Edition
• Enterprise Edition

Version

• 11.2.0
• 11.2.1
• 11.2.2
• 11.2.3
• 11.2.4
• 11.2.5
• 11.2.6
• 11.3.0
• 11.3.1
• 11.3.2
• 11.3.3
• 11.3.4
• 11.3.5
• 11.3.6
• 11.3.7
• 11.4.0
• 11.4.1
• 11.4.2

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CVSSv4info

VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍
VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.5
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
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Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
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VulDB Base Score: 🔍
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Day	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
Today	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock

Nessus ID: 118497
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : Gitlab -- multiple vulnerabilities (b9591212-dba7-11e8-9416-001b217b3468)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 11.2.7/11.3.8/11.4.3

Timelineinfo

10/25/2018 🔍
10/29/2018 +4 days 🔍
10/29/2018 +0 days 🔍
10/30/2018 +1 days 🔍
12/04/2018 +35 days 🔍
12/04/2018 +0 days 🔍
12/05/2018 +1 days 🔍
06/13/2023 +1651 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: 50975
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2018-18648 (🔍)
See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 12/05/2018 14:43
Updated: 06/13/2023 09:07
Changes: 12/05/2018 14:43 (67), 04/17/2020 16:39 (2), 06/13/2023 09:07 (4)
Complete: 🔍

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