CVE-2019-14944 Command injection in n/a
Attackers can inject command-line flags in Gitaly, potentially leading to privilege escalation or remote code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-14944?
CVE-2019-14944 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 15 Apr 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.11.8, 12 before 12.0.6, and 12.1 before 12.1.6. Gitaly allows injection of command-line flags. This sometimes leads to privilege escalation or remote code execution.
Weakness: CWE-77
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-14944?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gitlab Gitlab.
How do I fix CVE-2019-14944?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-14944 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2019-14944 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2019-14944 exists.
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- CVE-2026-85706 GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Path Traversal
- CVE-2023-7028 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Improper Access Control
- CVE-2021-22205 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-39935 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wxm8-9v8q-cpxr.