CVE-2019-15585 — Improper authentication exists in < 12

Improper authentication exists in < 12.3.2, < 12.2.6, and < 12.1.12 for GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) in the GitLab SAML integration had a validation issue that permitted an attacker to takeover another user's account.

01What is this vulnerability?

Improper authentication exists in < 12.3.2, < 12.2.6, and < 12.1.12 for GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) in the GitLab SAML integration had a validation issue that permitted an attacker to takeover another user's account.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
GitLab	Gitlab CE/EE	before 12.3.2, before 12.2.6, before 12.1.12

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-01-28T02:21:16.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T00:49:13.654Z

09References

• about.gitlab.com — https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2019/09/30/security-release-gitlab-12-dot-3-dot-2-…
• hackerone.com — https://hackerone.com/reports/471323