What is CVE-2018-14603?

CVE-2018-14603 is a high-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-07-27.

How severe is CVE-2018-14603?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

CSRF in GitLab

CVE-2018-14603

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 10.8.7, 11.0.x before 11.0.5, and 11.1.x before 11.1.2. CSRF can occur in the Test feature of the System Hooks component.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2018-07-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (44.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 44.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GitLab

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

about.gitlab.com/2018/07/26/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-1-dot-2-released/ (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-14603?: CVE-2018-14603 is a high-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-07-27.
How severe is CVE-2018-14603?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.