GitLab 8.4 < 13.4.7 / 13.5 < 13.5.5 / 13.6 < 13.6.2 (CVE-2020-26416)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 197394

Synopsis

The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability, as follows:

- 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. (CVE-2020-26416)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to GitLab version 13.4.7, 13.5.5, 13.6.2 or later.

See Also

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/244495

http://www.nessus.org/u?6cdd970a

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 197394

File Name: gitlab_cve-2020-26416.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 5/17/2024

Updated: 5/17/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-26416

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:gitlab:gitlab

Required KB Items: installed_sw/GitLab

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/11/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-26416