What is CVE-2018-20500?

CVE-2018-20500 is a high-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-05-17.

How severe is CVE-2018-20500?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in GitLab

CVE-2018-20500

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.

EPSS: 0.014 (70.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Gitlab
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20500?: CVE-2018-20500 is a high-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-05-17.
How severe is CVE-2018-20500?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.