CVE-2020-8919 Information leakage in Gerrit
An attacker with default privileges can read other users' personal account data and restricted sub-trees due to a missing access check in the branch REST API.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-8919?
CVE-2020-8919 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Gerrit, published on 10 Dec 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An information leak vulnerability exists in Gerrit versions prior to 2.15.21, 2.16.25, 3.0.15, 3.1.10, 3.2.5 where a missing access check on the branch REST API allows an attacker with only the default set of priviledges to read all other user's personal account data as well as sub-trees with restricted access.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-8919?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Gerrit.
How do I fix CVE-2020-8919?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-8919 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2020-8919 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8919 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Gerrit
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xh5j-7f7g-7g5c.