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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-20498

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.4.13, 11.5.x before 11.5.6, and 11.6.x before 11.6.1. It has Incorrect Access Control.

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1 Nov 2026, 07:22 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-20498

core-osv · Original source

Published 30 Dec 2019, 22:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.4.13, 11.5.x before 11.5.6, and 11.6.x before 11.6.1. It has Incorrect Access Control.

osv:CVE-2018-20498
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-20498",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-20498",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.4.13, 11.5.x before 11.5.6, and 11.6.x before 11.6.1. It has Incorrect Access Control.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-20498",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-20498",
      "aliases": [
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      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                },
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                },
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                  },
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              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v11.6.0-ee",
            "v11.5.5-ee",
            "v11.5.4-ee",
            "v11.5.3-ee",
            "v11.5.2-ee",
            "v11.5.1-ee",
            "v11.5.0-ee"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-30T10:30:57.789691374Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://about.gitlab.com/2018/12/31/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-6-dot-1-released/",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/50995"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-20498",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 437696,
  "published_at": "2019-12-30T22:15:12.103+00:00"
}