CVE-2020-7979

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Published Feb 5, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

GitLab EE 8.9 and later through 12.7.2 has Insecure Permission

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:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*

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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-2020-28896	GitLab EE 8.9 and later through 12.7.2 has Insecure Permission

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.855% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2020/01/30/security-release-gitlab-12-7-4-released/

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Gitlab Gitlab

Weaknesses

CWE-276

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 9:48 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Feb 5, 2020, 2:47 PM
Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 9:48 AM
Reserved: Jan 24, 2020, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:25 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Feb 5, 2020, 3:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:25 AM

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