What is CVE-2020-8113?

CVE-2020-8113 is a critical-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-03-06.

How severe is CVE-2020-8113?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in GitLab

CVE-2020-8113

GitLab 10.7 and later through 12.7.2 has Incorrect Access Control.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2020-03-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (71.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 71.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GitLab

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

about.gitlab.com/releases/categories/releases/ (Vendor Advisory)
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/issues/31599 (Broken Link)
about.gitlab.com/releases/2020/03/04/gitlab-12-dot-8-dot-2-released/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-8113?: CVE-2020-8113 is a critical-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-03-06.
How severe is CVE-2020-8113?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.