CVE-2016-4340
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-01-23 21:00
Modified
2024-08-06 00:25
Severity ?
Summary
The impersonate feature in Gitlab 8.7.0, 8.6.0 through 8.6.7, 8.5.0 through 8.5.11, 8.4.0 through 8.4.9, 8.3.0 through 8.3.8, and 8.2.0 through 8.2.4 allows remote authenticated users to "log in" as any other user via unspecified vectors.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138368/GitLab-Impersonate-Privilege-Escalation.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://about.gitlab.com/2016/05/02/cve-2016-4340-patches/Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/15548Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40236/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138368/GitLab-Impersonate-Privilege-Escalation.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://about.gitlab.com/2016/05/02/cve-2016-4340-patches/Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/15548Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40236/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
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