CVE-2019-5474 describes an authorization bypass vulnerability in GitLab Enterprise Edition (EE) versions prior to 12.1.2, 12.0.4, and 11.11.6. This flaw allows unauthorized users to override merge request approval rules, potentially bypassing critical code review processes. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and user privileges, leading to a high impact on integrity by allowing unapproved code changes. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there public exploit codes available in common repositories like Metasploit or ExploitDB, and community discussion is minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 11.8.0, < 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:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.1.0, < 12.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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