What is CVE-2020-6832?

CVE-2020-6832 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-01-13.

How severe is CVE-2020-6832?

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

Vulnerability in GitLab

CVE-2020-6832

An issue was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition (EE) 8.9.0 through 12.6.1. Using the project import feature, it was possible for someone to obtain issues from private projects.

Published 2020-01-13 · 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: 0.009 (59.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 59.1% 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

GitLab

References

about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/ (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
about.gitlab.com/releases/2020/01/13/critical-security-release-gitlab-12-dot-6-… (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-6832?: CVE-2020-6832 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-01-13.
How severe is CVE-2020-6832?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.