CVE-2018-17939 is an information exposure vulnerability affecting GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions prior to versions 11.1.8, 11.2.5, and 11.3.2. This flaw allows unauthorized access to sensitive data through the merge request JSON endpoint. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it presents a low-complexity network-based attack vector with high confidentiality impact, requiring no user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 11.1.0, < 11.1.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.1.0, < 11.1.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.2.0, < 11.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.2.0, < 11.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.3.0, < 11.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.