CVE-2017-0882

Multiple versions of GitLab expose sensitive user credentials when assigning a user to an issue...

6.3 Medium

Multiple versions of GitLab expose sensitive user credentials when assigning a user to an issue or merge request. A fix was included in versions 8.15.8, 8.16.7, and 8.17.4, which were released on March 20th 2017 at 23:59 UTC.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: Low

Exploit likelihood

1.06%Down 0.4 points since Apr 14, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.3

Record: CVE-2017-0882
CVSS 3.0: 6.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS 2.0: 4.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-639, CWE-200
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2017-0882
Weakness: CWE-639
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2017-1236 No score

Record: EUVD-2017-1236
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qgwf-v74m-338m 6.3

Multiple versions of GitLab expose sensitive user credentials when assigning a user to an issue...

Record: GHSA-qgwf-v74m-338m
CVSS 3.0: 6.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-200, CWE-639
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 6.3

Record: CVE-2017-0882
CVSS 3.0: 6.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

gitlab

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-0882 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.3) in Gitlab, published March 28, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.06%, the 64th percentile. No source names a fixed version.