CVE-2016-9086 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2016-9086

GitLab versions 8.9.x and above contain a critical security flaw...

Vulnerability Description

GitLab versions 8.9.x and above contain a critical security flaw in the "import/export project" feature of GitLab. Added in GitLab 8.9, this feature allows a user to export and then re-import their projects as tape archive files (tar). All GitLab versions prior to 8.13.0 restricted this feature to administrators only. Starting with version 8.13.0 this feature was made available to all users. This feature did not properly check for symbolic links in user-provided archives and therefore it was possible for an authenticated user to retrieve the contents of any file accessible to the GitLab service account. This included sensitive files such as those that contain secret tokens used by the GitLab service to authenticate users. GitLab CE and EE versions 8.13.0 through 8.13.2, 8.12.0 through 8.12.7, 8.11.0 through 8.11.10, 8.10.0 through 8.10.12, and 8.9.0 through 8.9.11 are affected.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

gitlab
Vulnerable Versions:
8.9.0, 8.9.1, 8.9.2, 8.9.3, 8.9.4, 8.9.5, 8.9.6, 8.9.7, 8.9.8, 8.9.9, 8.9.10, 8.9.11, 8.10.0, 8.10.1, 8.10.2, 8.10.3, 8.10.4, 8.10.5, 8.10.6, 8.10.7, 8.10.8, 8.10.9, 8.10.10, 8.10.11, 8.10.12, 8.11.0, 8.11.1, 8.11.2, 8.11.3, 8.11.4, 8.11.5, 8.11.6, 8.11.7, 8.11.8, 8.11.9, 8.12.0, 8.12.1, 8.12.2, 8.12.3, 8.12.4, 8.12.5, 8.12.6, 8.12.7, 8.13.0, 8.13.1, 8.13.2

Timeline

Official Publish: November 3rd, 2016
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.