Information Exposure Through an Error Message Affecting com.google.gerrit:gerrit-plugin-api package, versions [,2.14.22)[2.15.0,2.15.21)[2.16.0,2.16.25)[3.0.0,3.0.15)[3.1.0,3.1.10)[3.2.0,3.2.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.05% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-COMGOOGLEGERRIT-6153028
  • published12 Jan 2024
  • disclosed24 May 2022
  • creditq5438722

Introduced: 24 May 2022

CVE-2020-8920  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-863  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade com.google.gerrit:gerrit-plugin-api to version 2.14.22, 2.15.21, 2.16.25, 3.0.15, 3.1.10, 3.2.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure Through an Error Message due to an overoptimization with the FilteredRepository wrapper that skips the verification of access on All-Users repositories. An attacker can gain read access to all users' personal information associated with their accounts by exploiting this oversight.

CVSS Scores

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