Critical severity · published Mar 24, 2018
CVE-2018-8971
The Auth0 integration in GitLab before 10.3.9, 10.4.x before 10.4.6, and 10.5.x before 10.5.6 has an incorrect omniauth-auth0 configuration, leading to signing in unintended users
9.8
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Auth0 integration in GitLab before 10.3.9, 10.4.x before 10.4.6, and 10.5.x before 10.5.6 has an incorrect omniauth-auth0 configuration, leading to signing in unintended users.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 70% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
GitLab · GitLab
through 10.3.8; 10.4.0 through 10.4.5; 10.5.0 through 10.5.5 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8971
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-8971
Vendor Advisory
https://about.gitlab.com/2018/03/20/critical-security-release-gitlab-10-dot-5-dot-6-released/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4206
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