CVE-2019-15741 describes a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in GitLab Omnibus versions 7.4 through 12.2.1, stemming from an unsafe interaction with logrotate. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), indicating a network-exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity that could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 7.4.0, < 12.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:omnibus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.1.0, < 12.1.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:omnibus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.2.0, < 12.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:omnibus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.