CVE-2016-9469

HIGH

GitLab 8.12.0-8.14.2 - Authenticated Issue and Merge Request Deletion

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Multiple versions of GitLab expose a dangerous method to any authenticated user that could lead to the deletion of all Issue and MergeRequest objects on a GitLab instance. For GitLab instances with publicly available projects this vulnerability could be exploited by an unauthenticated user. A fix was included in versions 8.14.3, 8.13.8, and 8.12.11, which were released on December 5th 2016 at 3:59 PST. The GitLab versions vulnerable to this are 8.13.0, 8.13.0-ee, 8.13.1, 8.13.1-ee, 8.13.2, 8.13.2-ee, 8.13.3, 8.13.3-ee, 8.13.4, 8.13.4-ee, 8.13.5, 8.13.5-ee, 8.13.6, 8.13.6-ee, 8.13.7, 8.14.0, 8.14.0-ee, 8.14.1, 8.14.2, and 8.14.2-ee.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://about.gitlab.com/2016/12/05/cve-2016-9469/
Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://hackerone.com/reports/186194
Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/25064

Scores

CVSS v3 8.2
EPSS 0.0240
EPSS Percentile 81.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

Details

CWE
CWE-264 CWE-749
Status published
Products (12)
gitlab/gitlab 8.13.0 (2 CPE variants)
gitlab/gitlab 8.13.1 (2 CPE variants)
gitlab/gitlab 8.13.2 (2 CPE variants)
gitlab/gitlab 8.13.3 (2 CPE variants)
gitlab/gitlab 8.13.4 (2 CPE variants)
gitlab/gitlab 8.13.5 (2 CPE variants)
gitlab/gitlab 8.13.6 (2 CPE variants)
gitlab/gitlab 8.13.7 (2 CPE variants)
gitlab/gitlab 8.14.0 (2 CPE variants)
gitlab/gitlab 8.14.1 (2 CPE variants)
... and 2 more
Published Mar 28, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026