CVE-2016-9086

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-9086
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-11-03 10:59:09 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionGitLab versions 8.9.x and above contain a critical security flaw in the "import/export project" feature of GitLab. Added in GitLab 8.9, this feature allows a user to export and then re-import their projects as tape archive files (tar). All GitLab versions prior to 8.13.0 restricted this feature to administrators only. Starting with version 8.13.0 this feature was made available to all users. This feature did not properly check for symbolic links in user-provided archives and therefore it was possible for an authenticated user to retrieve the contents of any file accessible to the GitLab service account. This included sensitive files such as those that contain secret tokens used by the GitLab service to authenticate users. GitLab CE and EE versions 8.13.0 through 8.13.2, 8.12.0 through 8.12.7, 8.11.0 through 8.11.10, 8.10.0 through 8.10.12, and 8.9.0 through 8.9.11 are affected.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 6.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.134890000 probability, percentile 0.942650000 (date 2026-05-10)

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary4AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.10.0 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.10.1 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.10.10 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.10.11 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.10.12 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.10.2 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.10.3 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.10.4 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.10.5 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.10.6 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.10.7 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.10.8 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.10.9 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.11.0 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.11.1 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.11.2 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.11.3 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.11.4 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.11.5 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.11.6 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.11.7 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.11.8 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.11.9 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.12.0 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.12.1 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.12.2 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.12.3 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.12.4 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.12.5 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.12.6 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.12.7 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.13.0 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.13.1 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.13.2 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.9.0 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.9.1 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.9.10 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.9.11 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.9.2 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.9.3 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.9.4 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.9.5 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.9.6 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.9.7 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.9.8 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.9.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
GitLab CVE-2016-9086 Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
GitLab 8.13.3, 8.12.8, 8.11.10, and 8.10.13 Released | GitLab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 about.gitlab.com Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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