CVE-2020-13296
GitLab vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

An improper access control vulnerability was discovered in GitLab (CVE-2020-13296) affecting multiple versions of the software (>=10.7 <13.0.14, >=13.1.0 <13.1.8, >=13.2.0 <13.2.6). The vulnerability specifically relates to Deploy Tokens functionality and was disclosed on September 30, 2020 (NVD, CVE MITRE).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 score of 4.3 (MEDIUM) and a CVSS v2.0 score of 4.0 (MEDIUM), indicating a moderate severity level (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in GitLab versions 13.0.14, 13.1.8, and 13.2.6. Users are advised to upgrade to these or later versions to address the security issue (Debian Tracker).

Additional resources


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