Privilege escalation in GitLab

CVE-2019-6789

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.5.8, 11.6.x before 11.6.6, and 11.7.x before 11.7.1. It allows Information Disclosure (issue 4 of 6). In some cases, users without project permissions will receive emails after a project move. For private projects, this will disclose the new project namespace to an unauthorized user.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.008 (53.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-6789?
CVE-2019-6789 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2019-09-09.
How severe is CVE-2019-6789?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.