What is CVE-2019-6995?

CVE-2019-6995 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-2019-6995?

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

Vulnerability in GitLab

CVE-2019-6995

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 8.x, 9.x, 10.x, and 11.x before 11.5.8, 11.6.x before 11.6.6, and 11.7.x before 11.7.1. It has Incorrect Access Control. Users are able to comment on locked project issues.

Published 2019-09-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 55.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GitLab

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-281 — Improper Preservation of Permissions

References

about.gitlab.com/2019/01/31/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-7-dot-3-released/ (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/55537 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-6995?: CVE-2019-6995 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-2019-6995?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.