GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 11.4.12/11.5.5/11.6.0 Runner Registration TOken permission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 11.4.12/11.5.5/11.6.0. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Runner Registration TOken Handler. Such manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2018-20500. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 11.4.12/11.5.5/11.6.0 (Bug Tracking Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Runner Registration TOken Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An insecure permissions issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 9.4 and later but before 11.4.13, 11.5.x before 11.5.6, and 11.6.x before 11.6.1. The runner registration token in the CI/CD settings could not be reset. This was a security risk if one of the maintainers leaves the group and they know the token.

The weakness was released 05/17/2019. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-20500 since 12/26/2018. 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 MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1222.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 120973 (FreeBSD : Gitlab -- Multiple vulnerabilities (b2f4ab91-0e6b-11e9-8700-001b217b3468)), 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 11.4.13, 11.5.6 or 11.6.1 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 vulnerability database at Tenable (120973). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-147767, VDB-147886, VDB-147887 and VDB-147888. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Permission
CWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 120973
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : Gitlab -- Multiple vulnerabilities (b2f4ab91-0e6b-11e9-8700-001b217b3468)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 11.4.13/11.5.6/11.6.1

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12/26/2018 🔍
01/02/2019 +7 days 🔍
01/07/2019 +5 days 🔍
05/17/2019 +130 days 🔍
05/18/2019 +1 days 🔍
09/21/2023 +1587 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: about.gitlab.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-20500 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-20500
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-135176
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/18/2019 08:58
Updated: 09/21/2023 17:36
Changes: 05/18/2019 08:58 (41), 06/13/2020 11:04 (24), 09/21/2023 17:36 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:0A7:103

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