CVE-2020-13307 — A vulnerability was discovered in GitLab versions before 13

A vulnerability was discovered in GitLab versions before 13.1.10, 13.2.8 and 13.3.4. GitLab was not revoking current user sessions when 2 factor authentication was activated allowing a malicious user to maintain their access.

01What is this vulnerability?

A vulnerability was discovered in GitLab versions before 13.1.10, 13.2.8 and 13.3.4. GitLab was not revoking current user sessions when 2 factor authentication was activated allowing a malicious user to maintain their access.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
GitLab	GitLab	>=1.0, <13.1.10, >=13.2, <13.2.8, >=13.3, <13.3.4

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: 2020-09-15T12:34:43.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T12:18:16.643Z

09References

• gitlab.com — https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/31307
• hackerone.com — https://hackerone.com/reports/676772
• gitlab.com — https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2020/CVE-2020-13307.json