What is CVE-2019-9217?

CVE-2019-9217 is a critical-severity vulnerability in GitLab. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-04-17.

How severe is CVE-2019-9217?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in GitLab

CVE-2019-9217

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.6.10, 11.7.x before 11.7.6, and 11.8.x before 11.8.1. Its User Interface has a Misrepresentation of Critical Information.

Published 2019-04-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (70.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-25.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 70.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GitLab

References

about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/ (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
about.gitlab.com/2019/03/04/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-8-dot-1-released/ (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-9217?: CVE-2019-9217 is a critical-severity vulnerability in GitLab. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-04-17.
How severe is CVE-2019-9217?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.