What is CVE-2019-14943?

CVE-2019-14943 is a critical-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-08-29.

How severe is CVE-2019-14943?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in GitLab

CVE-2019-14943

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 12.0 through 12.1.4. It uses Hard-coded Credentials.

Published 2019-08-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.020 (79.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 79.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GitLab

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/ (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/issues/4530 (Broken Link)
about.gitlab.com/2019/08/12/critical-security-release-gitlab-12-dot-1-dot-6-rel… (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14943?: CVE-2019-14943 is a critical-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-08-29.
How severe is CVE-2019-14943?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.