What is CVE-2019-5465?

CVE-2019-5465 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2020-01-28.

How severe is CVE-2019-5465?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in GitLab

CVE-2019-5465

An information disclosure issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE 8.14 and later, by using the move issue feature which could result in disclosure of the newly created issue ID.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (65.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 65.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GitLab
GitLab Ce/ee — versions Affects GitLab CE/EE 8.14 and later, Fixed in 12.1.2 in 12.0.4 and in 11.11.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

about.gitlab.com/releases/2019/07/29/security-release-gitlab-12-dot-1-dot-2-rel… (Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
hackerone.com/reports/584534 (Permissions Required)
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/62070 (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5465?: CVE-2019-5465 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2020-01-28.
How severe is CVE-2019-5465?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.