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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2020-7977
CVE-2020-7977:
GitLab vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
GitLab Enterprise Edition (EE) versions 8.8 and later through 12.7.2 contained a vulnerability related to insecure permissions. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed in January 2020, affecting the pipeline status management functionality in GitLab EE (GitLab Release, CVE Mitre).
Technical details
Under certain conditions, a developer of a project could change the pipeline status of a protected branch to any arbitrary value, bypassing intended security controls. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.3 (MEDIUM) and CVSS v2.0 score of 4.3 (MEDIUM), indicating moderate severity (NVD Results).
Impact
The vulnerability could allow developers to manipulate pipeline statuses on protected branches, potentially compromising the integrity of the CI/CD process and bypassing established security controls (GitLab Release).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability was addressed in GitLab versions 12.7.4, 12.6.6, and 12.5.9. GitLab strongly recommended that all installations running affected versions be upgraded to the latest version as soon as possible (GitLab Release).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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