Improper access control in Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2019-5883

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Improper access control in Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2019-5883

Published: May 17, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU31061
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5883
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: GitLab, Inc
Affected software:
Gitlab Community Edition

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-5883

Install update from vendor's website.

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