What is CVE-2019-19629?

CVE-2019-19629 is a high-severity vulnerability in GitLab. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-01-05.

How severe is CVE-2019-19629?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in GitLab

CVE-2019-19629

In GitLab EE 10.5 through 12.5.3, 12.4.5, and 12.3.8, when transferring a public project to a private group, private code would be disclosed via the Group Search API provided by the Elasticsearch integration.

Published 2020-01-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (66.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-25.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 66.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GitLab

References

about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/ (Release Notes)
about.gitlab.com/blog/2019/12/10/critical-security-release-gitlab-12-5-4-releas… (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-19629?: CVE-2019-19629 is a high-severity vulnerability in GitLab. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-01-05.
How severe is CVE-2019-19629?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.