CVE-2016-9469
Multiple versions of GitLab expose a dangerous method to any authenticated user that could lead to the deletion of all Issue and…
- Published
- Updated
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- Assigned by
- hackerone
Description
Multiple versions of GitLab expose a dangerous method to any authenticated user that could lead to the deletion of all Issue and MergeRequest objects on a GitLab instance. For GitLab instances with publicly available projects this vulnerability could be exploited by an unauthenticated user. A fix was included in versions 8.14.3, 8.13.8, and 8.12.11, which were released on December 5th 2016 at 3:59 PST. The GitLab versions vulnerable to this are 8.13.0, 8.13.0-ee, 8.13.1, 8.13.1-ee, 8.13.2, 8.13.2-ee, 8.13.3, 8.13.3-ee, 8.13.4, 8.13.4-ee, 8.13.5, 8.13.5-ee, 8.13.6, 8.13.6-ee, 8.13.7, 8.14.0, 8.14.0-ee, 8.14.1, 8.14.2, and 8.14.2-ee.
Timeline
ID reserved
By hackerone
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.2 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.2.
Weakness
Affected products
GitLab Community Edition & GitLab Enterprise Edition 8.13.0, 8.13.0-ee, 8.13.1, 8.13.1-ee, 8.13.2, 8.13.2-ee, 8.13.3, 8.13.3-ee, 8.13.4, 8.13.4-ee, 8.13.5, 8.13.5-ee, 8.13.6, 8.13.6-ee, 8.13.7, 8.14.0, 8.14.0-ee, 8.14.1
- affected GitLab Community Edition & GitLab Enterprise Edition 8.13.0, 8.13.0-ee, 8.13.1, 8.13.1-ee, 8.13.2, 8.13.2-ee, 8.13.3, 8.13.3-ee, 8.13.4, 8.13.4-ee, 8.13.5, 8.13.5-ee, 8.13.6, 8.13.6-ee, 8.13.7, 8.14.0, 8.14.0-ee, 8.14.1
References (6)
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commit/f325e4e734e5e486f3b02db176eb629124052b43 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commit/55196497301eea429913f9c4b1b37c42c2e358ce (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://about.gitlab.com/2016/12/05/cve-2016-9469/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://hackerone.com/reports/186194 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/25064 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commit/29ceb98b5162677601702704e89d845580372078 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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