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CVE-2020-26416

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-12-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-532

Description

Information disclosure in Advanced Search component of GitLab EE starting from 8.4 results in exposure of search terms via Rails logs. This affects versions >=8.4 to <13.4.7, >=13.5 to <13.5.5, and >=13.6 to <13.6.2.

Affected products

• GitLab: from 8.4.0 before 13.4.7; from 13.5.0 before 13.5.5; from 13.6.0 before 13.6.2 — fixed in 13.4.7, 13.5.5, 13.6.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 13.4.7, 13.5.5, 13.6.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2020/CVE-2020-26416.json
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/244495
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2020/CVE-2020-26416.json
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/244495

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