CVE-2019-5462 Privilege escalation in GitLab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition
Attackers can escalate privileges in GitLab by exploiting trigger tokens that are not rotated after ownership changes.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-5462?
CVE-2019-5462 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 28 Jan 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A privilege escalation issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE 9.0 and later when trigger tokens are not rotated once ownership of them has changed.
Weakness: CWE-613
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5462?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gitlab Gitlab.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5462?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5462 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-5462 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5462 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- 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-qg3j-4m32-rxh8.