Critical severity · published May 17, 2019
CVE-2019-5883
An Incorrect Access Control issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 6.0 and later but before 11.3.11, 11.4.x before 11.4.8, and 11.5.x before 11.5.1
9.1
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An Incorrect Access Control issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 6.0 and later but before 11.3.11, 11.4.x before 11.4.8, and 11.5.x before 11.5.1. The issue comments feature could allow a user to comment on an issue which they shouldn't be allowed to.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
GitLab · GitLab
6.0.0 before 11.3.11; 6.0.0 before 11.3.11; 11.4.0 before 11.4.8; 11.4.0 before 11.4.8; 11.5.0 before 11.5.1; 11.5.0 before 11.5.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5883
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5883
Vendor Advisory
https://about.gitlab.com/2018/11/28/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-5-dot-1-released/
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