CVE-2018-19856 describes a Directory Traversal vulnerability within the Templates API of GitLab CE/EE, affecting versions prior to 11.3.12, 11.4.10, and 11.5.3. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.5) allows an unauthenticated attacker to access sensitive information without user interaction, potentially leading to a complete compromise of confidentiality. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, the vulnerability has received some community and media attention, indicating its potential impact.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 11.3.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
< 11.3.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.4.0, < 11.4.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.4.0, < 11.4.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.5.0, < 11.5.3CPE 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.