CVE-2018-19496

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-07-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 10.x and 11.x before 11.3.11, 11.4.x before 11.4.8, and 11.5.x before 11.5.1. There is an incorrect access control vulnerability that permits a user with insufficient privileges to promote a project milestone to a group milestone.

Affected products

GitLab: from 10.0.0 before 11.3.11; from 11.4.0 before 11.4.8; from 11.5.0 before 11.5.1 — fixed in 11.3.11, 11.4.8, 11.5.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 11.3.11, 11.4.8, 11.5.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://about.gitlab.com/2018/11/28/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-5-dot-1-released/
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/51301
https://about.gitlab.com/2018/11/28/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-5-dot-1-released/
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/51301

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