RCE in GitLab
CVE-2019-14944
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. Gitaly allows injection of command-line flags. This sometimes leads to privilege escalation or remote code execution.
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.016 (74.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 74.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/ (Release Notes)
- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/issues/1801 (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/issues/1802 (Broken Link)
- about.gitlab.com/releases/2019/08/12/critical-security-release-gitlab-12-dot-1-… (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-14944?
- CVE-2019-14944 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-04-16.
- How severe is CVE-2019-14944?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-14944 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.