What is CVE-2019-6791?

CVE-2019-6791 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Improper Preservation of Permissions. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-09-09.

How severe is CVE-2019-6791?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in GitLab

CVE-2019-6791

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 has Incorrect Access Control (issue 3 of 3). When a project with visibility more permissive than the target group is imported, it will retain its prior visibility.

EPSS: 0.008 (53.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Gitlab
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-281 — Improper Preservation of Permissions

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-6791?: CVE-2019-6791 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Improper Preservation of Permissions. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-09-09.
How severe is CVE-2019-6791?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.