CVE-2020-7977 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

GitLab EE 8.8 and later through 12.7.2 has Insecure Permissions.

Published: 2020-02-05

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-28894	GitLab EE 8.8 and later through 12.7.2 has Insecure Permissions.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00754.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2020/01/30/security-release-gitlab-12-7-4-released/

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Gitlab Gitlab

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-02-05T15:25:36.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T09:48:24.703Z

Reserved: 2020-01-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-7977

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-02-05T16:15:12.443

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:25:43.683

Link: CVE-2020-7977

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-276
Incorrect Default Permissions

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