CVE-2018-20492

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-12-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-863

Description

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.4.13, 11.5.x before 11.5.6, and 11.6.x before 11.6.1. It has Incorrect Access Control (issue 2 of 6).

Affected products

GitLab: from 8.0.0 before 11.4.13; from 11.5.0 before 11.5.6; from 11.6.0 before 11.6.1 — fixed in 11.4.13, 11.5.6, 11.6.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 11.4.13, 11.5.6, 11.6.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://about.gitlab.com/2018/12/31/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-6-dot-1-released/
https://about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/
https://about.gitlab.com/2018/12/31/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-6-dot-1-released/
https://about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/

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