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CVE-2019-7176

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-09-09 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 8.x (starting in 8.9), 9.x, 10.x, and 11.x before 11.5.9, 11.6.x before 11.6.7, and 11.7.x before 11.7.2. It has Incorrect Access Control. Guest users are able to add reaction emojis on comments to which they have no visibility.

Affected products

• GitLab: from 8.9.0 through 8.17.8; from 9.0.0 through 9.5.10; from 10.0.0 through 10.8.6; from 11.0.0 before 11.5.9; from 11.6.0 before 11.6.7; from 11.7.0 before 11.7.2 — fixed in 11.5.9, 11.6.7, 11.7.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 11.5.9, 11.6.7, 11.7.2. 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-ce/issues/51332
• https://about.gitlab.com/2019/01/31/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-7-dot-3-released/
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/51332

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