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CVE-2019-5468
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…
High8.8EPSS 2.1%
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- Assigned by
- hackerone
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
- Privilege Escalation (CAPEC-233)
- CWE-269 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-269 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (3)
- https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2019/07/29/security-release-gitlab-12-dot-1-dot-2-released/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://hackerone.com/reports/493562 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/57556 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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