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CVE-2019-11548

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-09-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.8.9. It has Incorrect Access Control. Unprivileged members of a project are able to post comments on confidential issues through an authorization issue in the note endpoint.

Affected products

• GitLab: from 5.4.0 before 11.8.9 — fixed in 11.8.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 11.8.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://about.gitlab.com/2019/04/29/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-10-dot-2-released/
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/58505
• https://about.gitlab.com/2019/04/29/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-10-dot-2-released/
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/58505

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