CVE-2020-10977 — GitLab EE/CE 8

GitLab EE/CE 8.5 to 12.9 is vulnerable to a an path traversal when moving an issue between projects.

01What is this vulnerability?

GitLab EE/CE 8.5 to 12.9 is vulnerable to a an path traversal when moving an issue between projects.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

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: 2020-04-08T18:09:59.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T11:21:13.789Z

09References

• about.gitlab.com — https://about.gitlab.com/releases/categories/releases/
• about.gitlab.com — https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2020/03/26/security-release-12-dot-9-dot-1-rel…
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160441/GitLab-File-Read-Remote-Code-Executi…