GitLab Community/Enterprise up to 11.6.9/11.7.5/11.8.0 Permission permission

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in GitLab Community and Enterprise up to 11.6.9/11.7.5/11.8.0 and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Permission. Performing a manipulation results in permission. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2019-9890. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in GitLab Community and Enterprise up to 11.6.9/11.7.5/11.8.0 (Bug Tracking Software). This affects an unknown part of the component Permission. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-275. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 10.x and 11.x before 11.6.10, 11.7.x before 11.7.6, and 11.8.x before 11.8.1. It has Insecure Permissions.

The bug was discovered 03/04/2019. The weakness was shared 04/17/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at about.gitlab.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-9890 since 03/20/2019. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1222 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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.

The entries VDB-133457, VDB-133458, VDB-133459 and VDB-133460 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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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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