CVE-2019-5472 is an authorization bypass vulnerability affecting GitLab versions prior to 12.1.2, 12.0.4, and 11.11.6. This flaw prevented project owners and maintainers from deleting comments on epics, indicating an improper access control issue. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is network-exploitable with low attack complexity, allowing unauthorized modification (deletion prevention) without user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in the CISA KEV catalog. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, suggesting limited public awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 11.11.0, < 11.11.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.11.0, < 11.11.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.0.0, < 12.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.0.0, < 12.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.1.0, < 12.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.