Vulnerability in GitLab
CVE-2018-19572
GitLab CE 8.17 and later and EE 8.3 and later have a symlink time-of-check-to-time-of-use race condition that would allow unauthorized access to files in the GitLab Pages chroot environment. This is fixed in versions 11.5.1, 11.4.8, and 11.3.11.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (59.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 59.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-pages/issues/98 (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- about.gitlab.com/2018/11/28/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-5-dot-1-released/ (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-19572?
- CVE-2018-19572 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2019-07-10.
- How severe is CVE-2018-19572?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.