CVE-2016-9469

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-9469
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerhackerone
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-28 02:59:01 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionMultiple versions of GitLab expose a dangerous method to any authenticated user that could lead to the deletion of all Issue and MergeRequest objects on a GitLab instance. For GitLab instances with publicly available projects this vulnerability could be exploited by an unauthenticated user. A fix was included in versions 8.14.3, 8.13.8, and 8.12.11, which were released on December 5th 2016 at 3:59 PST. The GitLab versions vulnerable to this are 8.13.0, 8.13.0-ee, 8.13.1, 8.13.1-ee, 8.13.2, 8.13.2-ee, 8.13.3, 8.13.3-ee, 8.13.4, 8.13.4-ee, 8.13.5, 8.13.5-ee, 8.13.6, 8.13.6-ee, 8.13.7, 8.14.0, 8.14.0-ee, 8.14.1, 8.14.2, and 8.14.2-ee.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 8.2 HIGH from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-749 | CWE-264 | CWE-749 Exposed Dangerous Method or Function (CWE-749)

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary8.2HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.13.0 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.13.0 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.13.1 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.13.1 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.13.2 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.13.2 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.13.3 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.13.3 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.13.4 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.13.4 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.13.5 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.13.5 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.13.6 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.13.6 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.13.7 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.13.7 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.14.0 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.14.0 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.14.1 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.14.1 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.14.2 All All All
Application Gitlab Gitlab 8.14.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na GitLab Community Edition GitLab Enterprise Edition 8.13.0 8.13.0-ee 8.13.1 8.13.1-ee 8.13.2 8.13.2-ee 8.13.3 8.13.3-ee 8.13.4 8.13.4-ee 8.13.5 8.13.5-ee 8.13.6 8.13.6-ee 8.13.7 8.14.0 8.14.0-ee 8.14.1 affected GitLab Community Edition & GitLab Enterprise Edition 8.13.0, 8.13.0-ee, 8.13.1, 8.13.1-ee, 8.13.2, 8.13.2-ee, 8.13.3, 8.13.3-ee, 8.13.4, 8.13.4-ee, 8.13.5, 8.13.5-ee, 8.13.6, 8.13.6-ee, 8.13.7, 8.14.0, 8.14.0-ee, 8.14.1 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Merge branch 'issue_25064' into 'security' (29ceb98b) · Commits · GitLab.org / GitLab Community Edition · GitLab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gitlab.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
GitLab 8.14.3, 8.13.8, and 8.12.11 Released | GitLab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 about.gitlab.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Merge branch 'issue_25064' into 'security' (f325e4e7) · Commits · GitLab.org / GitLab Community Edition · GitLab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gitlab.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
HackerOne af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hackerone.com Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
Merge branch 'issue_25064' into 'security' (55196497) · Commits · GitLab.org / GitLab FOSS · GitLab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gitlab.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Any user can delete all issues and merge requests (#25064) · Issues · GitLab.org / GitLab Community Edition · GitLab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gitlab.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
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