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CVE-2018-16051

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-10-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.0.6, 11.1.x before 11.1.5, and 11.2.x before 11.2.2. There is Orphaned Upload Files Exposure.

Affected products

• GitLab: from 8.10.0 before 11.0.6; from 11.1.0 before 11.1.5; from 11.2.0 before 11.2.2 — fixed in 11.0.6, 11.1.5, 11.2.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 11.0.6, 11.1.5, 11.2.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://about.gitlab.com/2018/08/28/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-2-dot-2-released/
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/6012
• https://about.gitlab.com/2018/08/28/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-2-dot-2-released/
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/6012

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