CVE-2018-8971

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Published Mar 24, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed

Description

The Auth0 integration in GitLab before 10.3.9, 10.4.x before 10.4.6, and 10.5.x before 10.5.6 has an incorrect omniauth-auth0 configuration, leading to signing in unintended users.

Affected Products

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::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab::::::::

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-4206-1	gitlab security update
EUVD	EUVD-2018-20578	The Auth0 integration in GitLab before 10.3.9, 10.4.x before 10.4.6, and 10.5.x before 10.5.6 has an incorrect omniauth-auth0 configuration, leading to signing in unintended users.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.3% (1.293% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://about.gitlab.com/2018/03/20/critical-security-release-gitlab-10-dot-5-dot-6-released/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4206

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux

Gitlab Gitlab

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 7:10 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Mar 24, 2018, 9:00 PM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 7:10 AM
Reserved: Mar 24, 2018, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 2:05 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 24, 2018, 9:29 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 2:05 AM

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