CVE-2020-13293 describes a vulnerability in GitLab versions prior to 13.0.12, 13.1.6, and 13.2.3, where a malicious actor could override an existing Git hash by creating a branch with a hexadecimal name. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 7.1 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and privileges, potentially leading to high integrity impact and low availability impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has received limited community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.0.0, < 13.0.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 13.1.0, < 13.1.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 13.2.0, < 13.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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.