CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-5468

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Jan 28, 2020 | Modified: Feb 05, 2020
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

An privilege escalation issue was discovered in Gitlab versions < 12.1.2, < 12.0.4, and < 11.11.6 when Mattermost slash commands are used with a blocked account.

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Gitlab Gitlab 11.11.0 (including) 11.11.6 (excluding)
Gitlab Gitlab 12.0.0 (including) 12.0.4 (excluding)
Gitlab Gitlab 12.1.0 (including) 12.1.2 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References