CVE-2019-6997 is an Incorrect Access Control vulnerability affecting GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions (versions 10.7 through 11.5.7, 11.6.x before 11.6.6, and 11.7.x before 11.7.1). This flaw allows a guest user to view merge request titles through system notes, which should otherwise be restricted. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 4.3), it has a low attack complexity and requires low privileges, leading to a low impact on confidentiality by exposing sensitive information. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in the KEV catalog, though it has received some community and media attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 10.7.0, <= 10.8.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 10.7.0, <= 10.8.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.0.0, < 11.5.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.0.0, < 11.5.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.6.0, < 11.6.6CPE 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:L/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.