Check Point Advisories

GitLab Wiki API Attachments Command Injection (CVE-2018-18649)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2019-0234
Date Published: 20 Feb 2019
Severity: High
Last Updated: Wednesday 27 February, 2019
Source: GitLab
Industry Reference:CVE-2018-18649
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? GitLab GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) 11.3.x prior to 11.3.8
GitLab GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) 11.4.x prior to 11.4.3
GitLab GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) prior to 11.2.7
Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in GitLab Wiki API. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of parameters when uploading files to the Wiki repository via the Wiki API. A remote, authenticated attacker can exploit the vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the target server.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the GitLab Wiki API Attachments Command Injection protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  GitLab Wiki API Attachments Command Injection

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