GitLab Community/Enterprise up to 11.6.9/11.7.5/11.8.0 cross-site request forgery

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GitLab Community and Enterprise up to 11.6.9/11.7.5/11.8.0. Affected is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2019-9176. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GitLab Community and Enterprise up to 11.6.9/11.7.5/11.8.0 (Bug Tracking Software). This vulnerability affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.6.10, 11.7.x before 11.7.6, and 11.8.x before 11.8.1. It allows CSRF.

The bug was discovered 03/04/2019. The weakness was disclosed 04/17/2019 (Website). The advisory is available at about.gitlab.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-9176 since 02/26/2019. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 44 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371751 (GitLab Multiple Security Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 11.6.10, 11.7.6 or 11.8.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Bug Tracking Software

Vendor

• GitLab

Name

• Community
• Enterprise

Version

• 11.0
• 11.1
• 11.2
• 11.3
• 11.4
• 11.5
• 11.6
• 11.6.0
• 11.6.1
• 11.6.2
• 11.6.3
• 11.6.4
• 11.6.5
• 11.6.6
• 11.6.7
• 11.6.8
• 11.6.9
• 11.7
• 11.7.0
• 11.7.1
• 11.7.2
• 11.7.3
• 11.7.4
• 11.7.5
• 11.8.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://gitlab.com/

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