CVE-2018-19585

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 14.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2019-05-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-93

Description

GitLab CE/EE versions 8.18 up to 11.x before 11.3.11, 11.4.x before 11.4.8, and 11.5.x before 11.5.1 have CRLF Injection in Project Mirroring when using the Git protocol.

Affected products

GitLab: from 8.18.0 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

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160516/GitLab-11.4.7-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160699/GitLab-11.4.7-Remote-Code-Execution.html
https://about.gitlab.com/2018/11/28/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-5-dot-1-released/
https://about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160516/GitLab-11.4.7-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160699/GitLab-11.4.7-Remote-Code-Execution.html
https://about.gitlab.com/2018/11/28/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-5-dot-1-released/
https://about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/

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