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FKIE_CVE-2016-9086

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-11-03 10:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:55

Severity

6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Summary

GitLab versions 8.9.x and above contain a critical security flaw in the "import/export project" feature of GitLab. Added in GitLab 8.9, this feature allows a user to export and then re-import their projects as tape archive files (tar). All GitLab versions prior to 8.13.0 restricted this feature to administrators only. Starting with version 8.13.0 this feature was made available to all users. This feature did not properly check for symbolic links in user-provided archives and therefore it was possible for an authenticated user to retrieve the contents of any file accessible to the GitLab service account. This included sensitive files such as those that contain secret tokens used by the GitLab service to authenticate users. GitLab CE and EE versions 8.13.0 through 8.13.2, 8.12.0 through 8.12.7, 8.11.0 through 8.11.10, 8.10.0 through 8.10.12, and 8.9.0 through 8.9.11 are affected.

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94136	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	https://about.gitlab.com/2016/11/02/cve-2016-9086-patches/	Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94136	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://about.gitlab.com/2016/11/02/cve-2016-9086-patches/	Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
gitlab	gitlab	8.9.0
gitlab	gitlab	8.9.1
gitlab	gitlab	8.9.2
gitlab	gitlab	8.9.3
gitlab	gitlab	8.9.4
gitlab	gitlab	8.9.5
gitlab	gitlab	8.9.6
gitlab	gitlab	8.9.7
gitlab	gitlab	8.9.8
gitlab	gitlab	8.9.9
gitlab	gitlab	8.9.10
gitlab	gitlab	8.9.11
gitlab	gitlab	8.10.0
gitlab	gitlab	8.10.1
gitlab	gitlab	8.10.2
gitlab	gitlab	8.10.3
gitlab	gitlab	8.10.4
gitlab	gitlab	8.10.5
gitlab	gitlab	8.10.6
gitlab	gitlab	8.10.7
gitlab	gitlab	8.10.8
gitlab	gitlab	8.10.9
gitlab	gitlab	8.10.10
gitlab	gitlab	8.10.11
gitlab	gitlab	8.10.12
gitlab	gitlab	8.11.0
gitlab	gitlab	8.11.1
gitlab	gitlab	8.11.2
gitlab	gitlab	8.11.3
gitlab	gitlab	8.11.4
gitlab	gitlab	8.11.5
gitlab	gitlab	8.11.6
gitlab	gitlab	8.11.7
gitlab	gitlab	8.11.8
gitlab	gitlab	8.11.9
gitlab	gitlab	8.12.0
gitlab	gitlab	8.12.1
gitlab	gitlab	8.12.2
gitlab	gitlab	8.12.3
gitlab	gitlab	8.12.4
gitlab	gitlab	8.12.5
gitlab	gitlab	8.12.6
gitlab	gitlab	8.12.7
gitlab	gitlab	8.13.0
gitlab	gitlab	8.13.1
gitlab	gitlab	8.13.2

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CVE-2016-9086 (GCVE-0-2016-9086)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-11-03 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:42

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2230 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://about.gitlab.com/2016/11/02/cve-2016-9086…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94136	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Date Public

2016-11-03 00:00

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Vulnerability timeline

Sightings and recorded dates, grouped by day · UTC

Order JSON

How durations are calculated

Following the VTEM framework (Black Hat USA 2015), time to patch starts when the vendor or a coordinator was informed, total time to patch at discovery, and disclosure to patch at public disclosure; vendor response time runs from the report to its acknowledgement. Time to exploit and time unpatched start at the earliest discovery or report, falling back to public disclosure. Unpatched time ends at the first recorded patch, or the calculation time when no patch is recorded. Exploitation to patch shows the interval between those two events; a published proof of concept is a public exploit, not exploitation.

Each result shows its source dates. A negative interval means the end event came first; when date-only inputs leave the order open, the result says so. Date-only inputs are approximate. The earliest evidence wins: KEV report dates and sightings are labelled as such. Records describing another vulnerability are listed but never calculated from, and a PoC alone does not establish exploitation. Missing patch evidence does not prove that no patch exists. Filters below change the event list only.

Publication & reservation Sightings KEV catalogs Other timestamps

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