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CVE-2018-17455 Details

Description

An issue was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition before 11.1.7, 11.2.x before 11.2.4, and 11.3.x before 11.3.1. Attackers could obtain sensitive information about group names, avatars, LDAP settings, and descriptions via an insecure direct object reference to the "merge request approvals" feature.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CNA: CISA-ADPCVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/	CVE	Release Notes
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2018/10/01/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-3-dot-1-released/	CVE	Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/	[email protected]	Release Notes
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2018/10/01/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-3-dot-1-released/	[email protected]	Release NotesVendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-639	Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key	[email protected]
CWE-639	Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key	CISA-ADP

Affected Products

Product	Versions
gitlab gitlab	< 11.1.7 >= 11.2.0, < 11.2.4 11.3.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::* cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::* cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:11.3.0::::community::: cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:11.3.0::::enterprise::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Feb 6, 2025	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 25, 2023	Initial Analysis	[email protected]