What is CVE-2019-6997?

CVE-2019-6997 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-2019-6997?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in GitLab

CVE-2019-6997

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 10.x (starting in 10.7) 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. System notes contain an access control issue that permits a guest user to view merge request titles.

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

Gitlab
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

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-2019-6997?: CVE-2019-6997 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-2019-6997?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.