CVE-2019-6795 Other in n/a
GitLab renders IDN homographs and RTLO characters, enabling social engineering attacks by disguising malicious links or usernames.
- 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-2019-6795?
CVE-2019-6795 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 9 Sep 2019. 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
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.5.8, 11.6.x before 11.6.6, and 11.7.x before 11.7.1. It has Insufficient Visual Distinction of Homoglyphs Presented to a User. IDN homographs and RTLO characters are rendered to unicode, which could be used for social engineering.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-6795?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gitlab Gitlab.
How do I fix CVE-2019-6795?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-6795 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-6795 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-6795 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-g592-5fxh-qhrv, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-6795.