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CVE-2018-20493

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-20493 is an Incorrect Access Control vulnerability affecting GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions prior to versions 11.4.13, 11.5.6, and 11.6.1. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) can be exploited remotely with low complexity by an authenticated user, potentially leading to unauthorized information disclosure. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 8.17.0, < 11.4.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
>= 8.17.0, < 11.4.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
>= 11.5.0, < 11.5.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
>= 11.5.0, < 11.5.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
>= 11.6.0, < 11.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
49.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0071 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 21,974 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

about.gitlab.com / 2018/12/31/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-6-dot-1-released
Vendor Advisory
gitlab.com / gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/54914
Exploit