CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-11549

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Published: Sep 09, 2019 | Modified: Aug 24, 2020
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 9.x, 10.x, and 11.x before 11.8.9, 11.9.x before 11.9.10, and 11.10.x before 11.10.2. Gitaly has allows an information disclosure issue where HTTP/GIT credentials are included in logs on connection errors.

Weakness

Information written to log files can be of a sensitive nature and give valuable guidance to an attacker or expose sensitive user information.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Gitlab Gitlab 10.0.0 10.8.7
Gitlab Gitlab 10.0.0 10.8.7
Gitlab Gitlab 9.0.0 9.3.7
Gitlab Gitlab 9.0.0 9.3.7
Gitlab Gitlab 11.10.0 *
Gitlab Gitlab 11.10.0 *
Gitlab Gitlab 11.9.0 *
Gitlab Gitlab 11.9.0 *
Gitlab Gitlab 11.0.0 *
Gitlab Gitlab 11.0.0 *

Extended Description

While logging all information may be helpful during development stages, it is important that logging levels be set appropriately before a product ships so that sensitive user data and system information are not accidentally exposed to potential attackers. Different log files may be produced and stored for:

Potential Mitigations

References