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CVE-2019-15741

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-09-16 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

An issue was discovered in GitLab Omnibus 7.4 through 12.2.1. An unsafe interaction with logrotate could result in a privilege escalation

Affected products

• GitLab Omnibus: from 7.4.0 before 12.0.8; from 12.1.0 before 12.1.8; from 12.2.0 before 12.2.3 — fixed in 12.0.8, 12.1.8, 12.2.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab Omnibus 12.0.8, 12.1.8, 12.2.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154734/GitLab-Omnibus-12.2.1-Logrotate-Privilege-Escalation.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Oct/7
• https://about.gitlab.com/2019/08/29/security-release-gitlab-12-dot-2-dot-3-released/
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/issues/4380
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154734/GitLab-Omnibus-12.2.1-Logrotate-Privilege-Escalation.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Oct/7
• https://about.gitlab.com/2019/08/29/security-release-gitlab-12-dot-2-dot-3-released/
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/issues/4380

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