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CVE-2019-15741
An issue was discovered in GitLab Omnibus 7.4 through 12.2.1. An unsafe interaction with logrotate could result in a privilege escalation
Critical9.8EPSS 3.1%
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- mitre
Description
An issue was discovered in GitLab Omnibus 7.4 through 12.2.1. An unsafe interaction with logrotate could result in a privilege escalation
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (4)
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/issues/4380 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://about.gitlab.com/2019/08/29/security-release-gitlab-12-dot-2-dot-3-released/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20191003 [AIT-SA-20190930-01] CVE-2019-15741: Privilege Escalation via Logrotate in Gitlab Omnibus (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154734/GitLab-Omnibus-12.2.1-Logrotate-Privilege-Escalation.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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