CVE-2020-13306

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Published Sep 14, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 3.7 Low EPSS 1.8% KEV · Not listed

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in GitLab versions before 13.1.10, 13.2.8 and 13.3.4. GitLab Webhook feature could be abused to perform denial of service attacks due to the lack of rate limitation.

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

GitLab

GitLab

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`>=1.0, <13.1.10`	affected	—
`>=13.2, <13.2.8`	affected	—
`>=13.3, <13.3.4`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-5566	A vulnerability was discovered in GitLab versions before 13.1.10, 13.2.8 and 13.3.4. GitLab Webhook feature could be abused to perform denial of service attacks due to the lack of rate limitation.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.8% (1.828% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2020/CVE-2020-13306.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/223681
https://hackerone.com/reports/904134

History

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Subscriptions

Gitlab Gitlab

Weaknesses

CWE-770

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 12:18 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitLab
Published: Sep 14, 2020, 9:28 PM
Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 12:18 PM
Reserved: May 21, 2020, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 2:52 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 14, 2020, 10:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 2:52 AM

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