{"id":"CVE-2018-20500","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-20500","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:27:36.024Z","title":"An insecure permissions issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 9.4 and later but before 11.4.13, 11.5.x before 11.5.6, and 11.6.x before 11.6.1.","description":"An insecure permissions issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 9.4 and later but before 11.4.13, 11.5.x before 11.5.6, and 11.6.x before 11.6.1. The runner registration token in the CI/CD settings could not be reset. This was a security risk if one of the maintainers leaves the group and they know the token.","published":"2019-05-17T16:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:52:59.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-732"],"affected":["gitlab/gitlab"],"epss":{"score":0.01422,"percentile":0.72729,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.42%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://about.gitlab.com/2018/12/31/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-6-dot-1-released/","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://about.gitlab.com/2018/12/31/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-6-dot-1-released/","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20500","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}