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Status published
Low
CVE-2020-8920
Overoptimization leads to private information leak in Gerrit
Vulnerability Description
An information leak vulnerability exists in Gerrit versions prior to 2.14.22, 2.15.21, 2.16.25, 3.0.15, 3.1.10, 3.2.5 where an overoptimization with the FilteredRepository wrapper skips the verification of access on All-Users repositories, allowing an attacker to get read access to all users' personal information associated with their accounts.
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.
References
- https://www.gerritcodereview.com/2.15.html#21521
- https://www.gerritcodereview.com/2.16.html#21625
- https://www.gerritcodereview.com/3.0.html#3014
- https://www.gerritcodereview.com/3.1.html#3110
- https://www.gerritcodereview.com/3.2.html#325
- https://gerrit.googlesource.com/gerrit/+/45071d6977932bca5a1427c8abad24710fed2e33
- https://www.gerritcodereview.com/2.14.html#21422
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Gerrit
Vulnerable Versions:
stable
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 10th, 2020
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N