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CVE-2020-13265

• 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: 2020-06-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-345

Description

User email verification bypass in GitLab CE/EE 12.5 and later through 13.0.1 allows user to bypass email verification

Affected products

• GitLab: from 12.5.0 before 12.9.8; from 12.10.0 before 12.10.7; 13.0.0 — fixed in 12.10.7, 12.9.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 12.10.7, 12.9.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2020/CVE-2020-13265.json
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/121664
• https://hackerone.com/reports/762568
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2020/CVE-2020-13265.json
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/121664
• https://hackerone.com/reports/762568

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