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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2020-10979
CVE-2020-10979:
GitLab vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
GitLab Enterprise Edition (EE) and Community Edition (CE) versions 11.10 to 12.9 contained a vulnerability where restricted CI pipelines metrics were being leaked to unauthorized users (GitLab Release).
Technical details
The vulnerability allowed unauthorized members to view CI pipeline metrics even when the pipeline was restricted. This security issue was assigned identifier CVE-2020-10979 and was fixed in GitLab versions 12.9.1, 12.8.8, and 12.7.8 (GitLab Release).
Impact
The vulnerability resulted in information disclosure where unauthorized users could access restricted CI pipeline metrics, potentially exposing sensitive project information (GitLab Release).
Mitigation and workarounds
GitLab strongly recommended that all installations running affected versions be upgraded to version 12.9.1, 12.8.8, or 12.7.8 immediately to address this vulnerability. The fix was implemented in these security releases (GitLab Release).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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