CVE-2018-16049
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.0.6, 11.1.x before...
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.0.6, 11.1.x before 11.1.5, and 11.2.x before 11.2.2. There is Sensitive Data Disclosure in Sidekiq Logs through an Error Message.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.0.6, 11.1.x before 11.1.5, and 11.2.x before 11.2.2. There is Sensitive Data Disclosure in Sidekiq Logs through an Error Message.
- Record
CVE-2018-16049- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.0.6, 11.1.x before 11.1.5, and 11.2.x before 11.2.2. There is Sensitive Data Disclosure in Sidekiq Logs through an Error Message.
- Record
CVE-2018-16049- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-7906 No score
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.0.6, 11.1.x before 11.1.5, and 11.2.x before 11.2.2. There is Sensitive Data Disclosure in Sidekiq Logs through an Error Message.
- Record
EUVD-2018-7906- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f28j-grw4-6ggj
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.0.6, 11.1.x before...
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.0.6, 11.1.x before 11.1.5, and 11.2.x before 11.2.2. There is Sensitive Data Disclosure in Sidekiq Logs through an Error Message.
- Record
GHSA-f28j-grw4-6ggj- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.0.6, 11.1.x before 11.1.5, and 11.2.x before 11.2.2. There is Sensitive Data Disclosure in Sidekiq Logs through an Error Message.
- Record
CVE-2018-16049- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2018-16049
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.0.6, 11.1.x before 11.1.5, and 11.2.x before 11.2.2. There is Sensitive Data Disclosure in Sidekiq Logs through an Error Message.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16049- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
gitlabUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 8.4.3+dfsg-98.4.3+dfsg-128.5.8+dfsg-5 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-16049 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Gitlab, published October 3, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.15%, the 82nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/46967
about.gitlab.com/2018/08/28/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-2-dot-2-released
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16049
github.com/advisories/GHSA-f28j-grw4-6ggj
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16049
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16049