GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 12.8.1 Two-factor Authentication missing authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 12.8.1. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Two-factor Authentication. Performing a manipulation results in missing authentication. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2020-10079. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 12.8.1 (Bug Tracking Software). This affects some unknown functionality of the component Two-factor Authentication. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-306. The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

GitLab 7.10 through 12.8.1 has Incorrect Access Control. Under certain conditions where users should have been required to configure two-factor authentication, it was not being required.

The weakness was disclosed 03/13/2020 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at about.gitlab.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-10079 since 03/04/2020. 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 vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 257899 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-10079), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (257899). The entries VDB-151581, VDB-151582, VDB-151583 and VDB-151584 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Missing authentication
CWE: CWE-306 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 257899
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-10079

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/04/2020 🔍
03/13/2020 +9 days 🔍
03/14/2020 +1 days 🔍
08/30/2025 +1995 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: about.gitlab.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-10079 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-10079
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-151587
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/14/2020 07:38
Updated: 08/30/2025 20:15
Changes: 03/14/2020 07:38 (39), 03/14/2020 07:43 (18), 08/30/2025 20:15 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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