What is CVE-2019-5462?

CVE-2019-5462 is a high-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Insufficient Session Expiration. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-01-28.

How severe is CVE-2019-5462?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-5462 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in GitLab

CVE-2019-5462

A privilege escalation issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE 9.0 and later when trigger tokens are not rotated once ownership of them has changed.

Published 2020-01-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.025 (84.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 84.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GitLab
GitLab Community Edition And Enterprise — versions Affects GitLab CE/EE 9.0 and later, Fixed in 12.1.2 in 12.0.4 and in 11.11.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-613 — Insufficient Session Expiration

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

hackerone.com/reports/495282 (Permissions Required)
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/58312 (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
about.gitlab.com/releases/2019/07/29/security-release-gitlab-12-dot-1-dot-2-rel… (Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5462?: CVE-2019-5462 is a high-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Insufficient Session Expiration. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-01-28.
How severe is CVE-2019-5462?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-5462 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.