What is CVE-2020-15525?

CVE-2020-15525 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-07-07.

How severe is CVE-2020-15525?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in GitLab

CVE-2020-15525

GitLab EE 11.3 through 13.1.2 has Incorrect Access Control because of the Maven package upload endpoint.

Published 2020-07-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GitLab

References

about.gitlab.com/releases/categories/releases/ (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/225259 (Broken Link)
about.gitlab.com/releases/2020/07/06/critical-security-release-gitlab-13-1-3-re… (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-15525?: CVE-2020-15525 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-07-07.
How severe is CVE-2020-15525?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.