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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.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":8.2,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.02403,"percentile":0.84159,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-264","CWE-749"],"published":"2017-03-28T02:46:00Z","modified":"2026-10-30T10:30:53Z","products":[{"vendor":"gitlab","product":"gitlab"}],"references":[{"url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commit/f325e4e734e5e486f3b02db176eb629124052b43","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","Vendor Advisory","fix"]},{"url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commit/55196497301eea429913f9c4b1b37c42c2e358ce","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","Vendor Advisory","fix"]},{"url":"https://about.gitlab.com/2016/12/05/cve-2016-9469/","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","Vendor Advisory","fix","report"]},{"url":"https://hackerone.com/reports/186194","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Technical Description","Third Party Advisory","evidence"]},{"url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/25064","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Vendor Advisory","evidence","report"]},{"url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commit/29ceb98b5162677601702704e89d845580372078","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","Vendor Advisory","fix"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9469"},{"url":"https://about.gitlab.com/2016/12/05/cve-2016-9469"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5ggg-p758-cx97"},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9469","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9469","tags":["report"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2016-9469","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.","status":"published","published":"2017-03-28T02:46:00Z","modified":"2024-08-06T02:50:38.683Z","cwes":["CWE-749"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:32.103757Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2016-10275","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.","status":"published","published":"2017-03-28T02:46:00Z","modified":"2024-08-06T02:50:38Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T02:22:27.235814Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-5ggg-p758-cx97","title":"Multiple versions of GitLab expose a dangerous method to any authenticated user that could lead...","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.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-13T01:38:32Z","modified":"2025-04-20T03:36:00Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":8.2,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-749"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:01:43.480751Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2016-9469","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.","status":"published","published":"2017-03-28T02:59:01.247Z","modified":"2026-06-17T00:56:07.91Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":8.2,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L","level":"high","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-749","CWE-264"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:03:37.238712Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2016-9469","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. 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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.","status":"withdrawn","published":"2017-03-28T02:59:00Z","modified":"2025-07-16T07:35:18.044801Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":8.2,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:54:13.356796Z"}]}}