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)
EPSS: 0.016 (72.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Gitlab
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Release Notes)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Broken Link)
- cve@mitre.org (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.