CVE-2019-5472

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Published Jan 28, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.9% KEV · Not listed

Description

An authorization issue was discovered in Gitlab versions < 12.1.2, < 12.0.4, and < 11.11.6 that prevented owners and maintainer to delete epic comments.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

GitLab

GitLab

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`before 12.1.2`	affected	—
`before 12.0.4`	affected	—
`before 11.11.6`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-15054	An authorization issue was discovered in Gitlab versions < 12.1.2, < 12.0.4, and < 11.11.6 that prevented owners and maintainer to delete epic comments.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.9% (1.932% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2019/07/29/security-release-gitlab-12-dot-1-dot-2-released/
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/11381
https://hackerone.com/reports/538101

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Gitlab Gitlab

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 7:54 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: hackerone
Published: Jan 28, 2020, 2:52 AM
Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 7:54 PM
Reserved: Jan 4, 2019, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 2:37 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 28, 2020, 3:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 2:37 AM

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