Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU35524

Improper Authentication in Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2019-5473

Published: September 9, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU35524

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5473

CWE-ID: CWE-287

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 privileged user to execute arbitrary code.

An authentication issue was discovered in GitLab that allowed a bypass of email verification. This was addressed in GitLab 12.1.2 and 12.0.4.

Install update from vendor's website.