CVE-2019-14942

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-04-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-319

Description

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.11.8, 12 before 12.0.6, and 12.1 before 12.1.6. Cookies for GitLab Pages (which have access control) could be sent over cleartext HTTP.

Affected products

GitLab: before 11.11.8; from 12.0.0 before 12.0.6; from 12.1.0 before 12.1.6 — fixed in 11.11.8, 12.0.6, 12.1.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 11.11.8, 12.0.6, 12.1.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2019/08/12/critical-security-release-gitlab-12-dot-1-dot-6-released/
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-pages/issues/232
https://about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2019/08/12/critical-security-release-gitlab-12-dot-1-dot-6-released/
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-pages/issues/232

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