# CVE-2020-8920: Overoptimization leads to private information leak in Gerrit

- Also known as: GHSA-G5Q2-CXGQ-H2RW
- Severity: CVSS 3.5 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.14.22, 2.15.21, 2.16.25, 3.0.15, 3.1.10, and 1 more
- Published: 2020-12-10 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- Gerrit: from stable, fixed in 2.14.22
- com.google.gerrit:gerrit-plugin-api (Maven): fixed in 2.14.22
- com.google.gerrit:gerrit-plugin-api (Maven): from 2.15.0, fixed in 2.15.21
- com.google.gerrit:gerrit-plugin-api (Maven): from 2.16.0, fixed in 2.16.25
- com.google.gerrit:gerrit-plugin-api (Maven): from 3.0.0, fixed in 3.0.15
- com.google.gerrit:gerrit-plugin-api (Maven): from 3.1.0, fixed in 3.1.10
- com.google.gerrit:gerrit-plugin-api (Maven): from 3.2.0, fixed in 3.2.5

## Description

An information leak vulnerability exists in Gerrit versions prior to 2.14.22, 2.15.21, 2.16.25, 3.0.15, 3.1.10, 3.2.5 where an overoptimization with the FilteredRepository wrapper skips the verification of access on All-Users repositories, allowing an attacker to get read access to all users' personal information associated with their accounts.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Gerrit, com.google.gerrit:gerrit-plugin-api, upgrade to a fixed version (2.14.22, 2.15.21, 2.16.25, 3.0.15, 3.1.10) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.gerritcodereview.com/2.15.html#21521
- https://www.gerritcodereview.com/2.16.html#21625
- https://www.gerritcodereview.com/3.0.html#3014
- https://www.gerritcodereview.com/3.1.html#3110
- https://www.gerritcodereview.com/3.2.html#325
- https://gerrit.googlesource.com/gerrit/+/45071d6977932bca5a1427c8abad24710fed2e33
- https://www.gerritcodereview.com/2.14.html#21422

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