CVE-2019-5486 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE versions prior to 12.3.2, 12.2.6, and 12.1.10, specifically impacting the Salesforce login integration. This flaw allowed attackers to create accounts that circumvented configured domain restrictions and email verification. Rated with a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), the vulnerability is network-exploitable with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion, though it did receive media coverage from GitLab's security release.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 12.1.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
< 12.1.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.2.0, < 12.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.2.0, < 12.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.3.0, < 12.3.2CPE 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:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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.