What is CVE-2017-0918?

CVE-2017-0918 is a high-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-03-21.

How severe is CVE-2017-0918?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Path Traversal in GitLab

CVE-2017-0918

Gitlab Community Edition version 10.3 is vulnerable to a path traversal issue in the GitLab CI runner component resulting in remote code execution.

Published 2018-03-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.045 (91.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.045 · newest: 0.045 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GitLab
GitLab Community And Enterprise Editions — versions 10.2.0 - 10.2.5 Fixed in 10.2.6, 10.3.0 - 10.3.3 Fixed in 10.3.4, 8.4.0 - 10.1.5 Fixed in 10.1.6
Debian Linux — versions 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4145 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
hackerone.com/reports/301432 (Permissions Required)
about.gitlab.com/2018/01/16/gitlab-10-dot-3-dot-4-released/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-0918?: CVE-2017-0918 is a high-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-03-21.
How severe is CVE-2017-0918?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.