PT-2018-18750 · Gitlab · Gitlab

Published 2018-03-24 · Updated 2019-03-05 · CVE-2018-8971

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GitLab versions prior to 10.3.9 GitLab versions 10.4.x prior to 10.4.6 GitLab versions 10.5.x prior to 10.5.6

Description The issue arises from an incorrect omniauth-auth0 configuration in the Auth0 integration, which can lead to signing in unintended users.

Recommendations For GitLab versions prior to 10.3.9, update to version 10.3.9 or later. For GitLab versions 10.4.x prior to 10.4.6, update to version 10.4.6 or later. For GitLab versions 10.5.x prior to 10.5.6, update to version 10.5.6 or later.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-8971

DSA-4206-1

Affected Products

Gitlab

References · 15

• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-8971 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4206-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8971 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/gitlab · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8971 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-8971 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4206 · Vendor Advisory
• https://about.gitlab.com/2018/03/20/critical-security-release-gitlab-10-dot-5-dot-6-released · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-8971 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-4206-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0920 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8971 · Security Note
• https://packages.debian.org/src:gitlab · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8971 · Note
• https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2018/03/20/critical-security-release-gitlab-10-dot-5-dot-6-released · Note