CVE-2020-10977

lowpriority · attend · 47EPSS 0.427 · 99 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

9 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

42.7% (99th) EPSS

CVSS 2.1 · low

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

GitLab EE/CE 8.5 to 12.9 is vulnerable to a an path traversal when moving an issue between projects.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.1–5.5

v2.02.1lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 2.9

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USprimary

exploits (9)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/multi/http/gitlab_file_read_rceGitLab File Read Remote Code Executionweaponized · metasploit
JustMichi/CVE-2020-10977.pyauthenticated arbitrary file read for Gitlab (CVE-2020-10977)PoC · poc_in_github
KooroshRZ/CVE-2020-10977Exploit for "GitLab Instance" Arbitrary server file read vulnerabilityPoC · poc_in_github
erk3/gitlab-12.9.0-file-readA (wanted to be) better script than what can be found on exploit-db about the authenticated arbitrary read file on GitLab v12.9.0 (CVE-2020-10977)PoC · poc_in_github
liath/CVE-2020-10977Gitlab v12.4.0-8.1 RCEPoC · poc_in_github
lisp3r/cve-2020-10977-read-and-executecve-2020-10977 read and executePoC · poc_in_github

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
gitlab gitlab8.5.0 → 12.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami gitlab8.5.0 → 12.9.1osvUSpkg:bitnami/gitlab

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

BIT-gitlab-2020-109772024-03-06vendor · osvUS
GitLab EE/CE 8.5 to 12.9 is vulnerable to a an path traversal when moving an issue between projects.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-04-08modified 2026-06-17

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references (11)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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