GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 11.3.10/11.4.7/11.5.0 Project Mirroring crlf injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 11.3.10/11.4.7/11.5.0. It has been classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Project Mirroring. This manipulation causes crlf injection. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2018-19585. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 11.3.10/11.4.7/11.5.0 (Bug Tracking Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Project Mirroring. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a crlf injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-93. The product uses CRLF (carriage return line feeds) as a special element, e.g. to separate lines or records, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes CRLF sequences from inputs. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

GitLab CE/EE versions 8.18 up to 11.x before 11.3.11, 11.4.x before 11.4.8, and 11.5.x before 11.5.1 have CRLF Injection in Project Mirroring when using the Git protocol.

The weakness was published 05/17/2019. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-19585 since 11/26/2018. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 119271 (FreeBSD : Gitlab -- Multiple vulnerabilities (8a4aba2d-f33e-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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371769 (GitLab Multiple Security Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 11.3.11, 11.4.8 or 11.5.1 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 databases at Exploit-DB (49334) and Tenable (119271). Similar entries are available at VDB-135222, VDB-137632, VDB-137633 and VDB-137634. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Crlf injection
CWE: CWE-93 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 119271
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : Gitlab -- Multiple vulnerabilities (8a4aba2d-f33e-11e8-9416-001b217b3468)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 11.3.11/11.4.8/11.5.1

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11/26/2018 🔍
11/28/2018 +2 days 🔍
11/29/2018 +1 days 🔍
05/17/2019 +169 days 🔍
05/18/2019 +1 days 🔍
09/03/2025 +2300 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: 160516
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2018-19585 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-19585
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-135175
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/18/2019 08:57
Updated: 09/03/2025 23:55
Changes: 05/18/2019 08:57 (41), 06/13/2020 10:58 (26), 09/21/2023 17:28 (5), 09/03/2025 23:55 (23)
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