What is CVE-2019-7155?

CVE-2019-7155 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-04-16.

How severe is CVE-2019-7155?

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

Privilege escalation in GitLab

CVE-2019-7155

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 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. A user retains their role within a project in a private group after being removed from the group, if their privileges within the project are different from the group.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.010 (59.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/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-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-7155?: CVE-2019-7155 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-04-16.
How severe is CVE-2019-7155?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.