Vulnerability in GitLab

CVE-2016-9469

Multiple versions of GitLab expose a dangerous method to any authenticated user that could lead to the deletion of all Issue and MergeRequest objects on a GitLab instance. For GitLab instances with publicly available projects this vulnerability could be exploited by an unauthenticated user. A fix was included in versions 8.14.3, 8.13.8, and 8.12.11, which were released on December 5th 2016 at 3:59 PST. The GitLab versions vulnerable to this are 8.13.0, 8.13.0-ee, 8.13.1, 8.13.1-ee, 8.13.2, 8.13.2-ee, 8.13.3, 8.13.3-ee, 8.13.4, 8.13.4-ee, 8.13.5, 8.13.5-ee, 8.13.6, 8.13.6-ee, 8.13.7, 8.14.0, 8.14.0-ee, 8.14.1, 8.14.2, and 8.14.2-ee.

EPSS: 0.024 (82.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L.

Affected products

  • Gitlab — versions 8.13.0, 8.13.1, 8.13.2
  • N/a Gitlab Community Edition & Enterprise 8.13.0, 8.13.0-ee, 8.13.1, 8.13.1-ee, 8.13.2, 8.13.2-ee, 8.13.3, 8.13.3-ee, 8.13.4, 8.13.4-ee, 8.13.5, 8.13.5-ee, 8.13.6, 8.13.6-ee, 8.13.7, 8.14.0, 8.14.0-ee, 8.14.1 — versions GitLab Community Edition & GitLab Enterprise Edition 8.13.0, 8.13.0-ee, 8.13.1, 8.13.1-ee, 8.13.2, 8.13.2-ee, 8.13.3, 8.13.3-ee, 8.13.4, 8.13.4-ee, 8.13.5, 8.13.5-ee, 8.13.6, 8.13.6-ee, 8.13.7, 8.14.0, 8.14.0-ee, 8.14.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9469?
CVE-2016-9469 is a high-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under CWE-749. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2017-03-28.
How severe is CVE-2016-9469?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.