PT-2020-13088 · Gitlab · Gitlab

Published 2020-04-29 · Updated 2024-03-06 · CVE-2020-12275

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GitLab versions 12.6 through 12.9

Description The issue allows an external user to create a personal snippet through the API, resulting in a privilege escalation.

Recommendations For GitLab versions 12.6 through 12.9, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue to prevent privilege escalation. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the API endpoint that allows creating personal snippets until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

BIT-GITLAB-2020-12275

CVE-2020-12275

Affected Products

Gitlab

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12275 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12275 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-12275 · Security Note
• https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2020/03/26/security-release-12-dot-9-dot-1-released · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-12275 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12275 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-gitlab-2020-12275 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/3410 · Telegram Post