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CVE-2018-20229

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-04-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.3.14, 11.4.x before 11.4.12, and 11.5.x before 11.5.5 allows Directory Traversal.

Affected products

• GitLab: before 11.3.14; from 11.4.0 before 11.4.12; from 11.5.0 before 11.5.5 — fixed in 11.3.14, 11.4.12, 11.5.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 11.3.14, 11.4.12, 11.5.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://about.gitlab.com/2018/12/20/critical-security-release-gitlab-11-dot-5-dot-5-released/
• https://about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/
• https://about.gitlab.com/2018/12/20/critical-security-release-gitlab-11-dot-5-dot-5-released/
• https://about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/

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