What is CVE-2019-6795?

CVE-2019-6795 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-09-09.

How severe is CVE-2019-6795?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-6795 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in GitLab

CVE-2019-6795

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 Insufficient Visual Distinction of Homoglyphs Presented to a User. IDN homographs and RTLO characters are rendered to unicode, which could be used for social engineering.

EPSS: 0.011 (62.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Gitlab
N/a — versions n/a

Public proof-of-concept exploits

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-2019-6795?: CVE-2019-6795 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-09-09.
How severe is CVE-2019-6795?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-6795 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.