Privilege escalation in GitLab

CVE-2019-5472

An authorization issue was discovered in Gitlab versions < 12.1.2, < 12.0.4, and < 11.11.6 that prevented owners and maintainer to delete epic comments.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.019 (77.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

  • Gitlab — versions before 12.1.2, before 12.0.4, before 11.11.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5472?
CVE-2019-5472 is a high-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-01-28.
How severe is CVE-2019-5472?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-5472 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.