GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 11.7.1 Access Control authorization

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 11.7.1 (Bug Tracking Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Access Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-863. The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 8.x (starting in 8.9), 9.x, 10.x, and 11.x before 11.5.9, 11.6.x before 11.6.7, and 11.7.x before 11.7.2. It has Incorrect Access Control. Guest users are able to add reaction emojis on comments to which they have no visibility.

The weakness was published 09/09/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at about.gitlab.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-7176 since 01/29/2019. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 121522 (FreeBSD : Gitlab -- Multiple vulnerabilities (467b7cbe-257d-11e9-8573-001b217b3468)), 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 11.5.9, 11.6.7 or 11.7.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (121522). Similar entries are available at VDB-133364, VDB-133425, VDB-135247 and VDB-135248.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
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Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-863 / CWE-285 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 121522
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : Gitlab -- Multiple vulnerabilities (467b7cbe-257d-11e9-8573-001b217b3468)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 11.5.9/11.6.7/11.7.2

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01/29/2019 +5823 days 🔍
01/31/2019 +2 days 🔍
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09/09/2019 +220 days 🔍
09/10/2019 +1 days 🔍
12/18/2023 +1560 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: 51332
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2019-7176 (🔍)
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/10/2019 10:25 AM
Updated: 12/18/2023 03:18 PM
Changes: 09/10/2019 10:25 AM (68), 08/17/2020 06:54 PM (1), 12/18/2023 03:18 PM (4)
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