Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting gitlab package, versions <11.8.9+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-GITLAB-345600
  • published 1 May 2019
  • disclosed 9 Sep 2019

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable gitlab to version 11.8.9+dfsg-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gitlab package and not the gitlab package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.8.9, 11.9.x before 11.9.10, and 11.10.x before 11.10.2. It has Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. The branch name on new merge request notification emails isn't escaped, which could potentially lead to XSS issues.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

Recommended
6.1 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Changed
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None