GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 11.7.7/11.8.3/11.9.1 EXIF Data Location information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 11.7.7/11.8.3/11.9.1 and classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component EXIF Data Handler. The manipulation results in information disclosure (Location). This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-10109. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 11.7.7/11.8.3/11.9.1 (Bug Tracking Software). Affected is an unknown code of the component EXIF Data Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Location). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

An Information Exposure issue (issue 1 of 2) was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.7.8, 11.8.x before 11.8.4, and 11.9.x before 11.9.2. EXIF geolocation data were not removed from images when uploaded to GitLab. As a result, anyone with access to the uploaded image could obtain its geolocation, device, and software version data (if present).

The weakness was published 05/15/2019. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-10109 since 03/26/2019. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 251139 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2019-10109), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 11.7.8, 11.8.4 or 11.9.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (251139). Similar entries are available at VDB-135092, VDB-135091 and VDB-135089. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Name: Location
Class: Information disclosure / Location
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 251139
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2019-10109

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 11.7.8/11.8.4/11.9.2

Timelineinfo

03/26/2019 🔍
05/15/2019 +50 days 🔍
05/16/2019 +1 days 🔍
08/18/2025 +2286 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: 54220
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2019-10109 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-10109
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-135090
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/16/2019 08:25
Updated: 08/18/2025 19:37
Changes: 05/16/2019 08:25 (39), 06/12/2020 17:11 (18), 09/21/2023 06:55 (5), 08/18/2025 19:37 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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