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CVE-2020-13272 (GCVE-0-2020-13272)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-06-19 21:40 – Updated: 2024-08-04 12:11
VLAI
Summary
OAuth flow missing verification checks CE/EE 12.3 and later through 13.0.1 allows unverified user to use OAuth authorization code flow
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Improper authorization in GitLab
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
GitLab GitLab Affected: >=12.3, <12.9.8
Affected: >=12.10, <12.10.7
Affected: >=13.0, <13.0.1
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Credits
Thanks @peet86 for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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