What is CVE-2019-14942?

CVE-2019-14942 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2023-04-16.

How severe is CVE-2019-14942?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in GitLab

CVE-2019-14942

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.11.8, 12 before 12.0.6, and 12.1 before 12.1.6. Cookies for GitLab Pages (which have access control) could be sent over cleartext HTTP.

Published 2023-04-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (37.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 37th percentile — 37.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GitLab

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-319 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

References

about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/ (Release Notes)
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-pages/issues/232 (Broken Link)
about.gitlab.com/releases/2019/08/12/critical-security-release-gitlab-12-dot-1-… (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14942?: CVE-2019-14942 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2023-04-16.
How severe is CVE-2019-14942?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.