CVE-2016-9086

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Published: November 3, 2016 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:55 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGitLab

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%

Description

GitLab versions 8.9.x and above contain a critical security flaw in the "import/export project" feature of GitLab. Added in GitLab 8.9, this feature allows a user to export and then re-import their projects as tape archive files (tar). All GitLab versions prior to 8.13.0 restricted this feature to administrators only. Starting with version 8.13.0 this feature was made available to all users. This feature did not properly check for symbolic links in user-provided archives and therefore it was possible for an authenticated user to retrieve the contents of any file accessible to the GitLab service account. This included sensitive files such as those that contain secret tokens used by the GitLab service to authenticate users. GitLab CE and EE versions 8.13.0 through 8.13.2, 8.12.0 through 8.12.7, 8.11.0 through 8.11.10, 8.10.0 through 8.10.12, and 8.9.0 through 8.9.11 are affected.

Affected

Remediation

No guide yet

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References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94136
x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationPatchVendor Advisory
https://about.gitlab.com/2016/11/02/cve-2016-9086-patches/

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200

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