CVE-2019-6996

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
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: 2019-09-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-269

Description

An issue was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition 10.x (starting in 10.6) and 11.x before 11.5.8, 11.6.x before 11.6.6, and 11.7.x before 11.7.1. It has Incorrect Access Control. The merge request approvers section has an access control issue that permits project maintainers to view membership of private groups.

Affected products

GitLab: from 10.6.0 through 10.8.7; from 11.0.0 before 11.5.8; from 11.6.0 before 11.6.6; from 11.7.0 before 11.7.1 — fixed in 11.5.8, 11.6.6, 11.7.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 11.5.8, 11.6.6, 11.7.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://about.gitlab.com/2019/01/31/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-7-dot-3-released/
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/8187
https://about.gitlab.com/2019/01/31/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-7-dot-3-released/
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/8187

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