CVE-2018-19576
GitLab CE/EE, versions 8.6 up to 11.x before 11.3.11, 11.4 before 11.4.8, and 11.5 before 11.5.1, are vulnerable to an access control issue that allows a Guest user to make changes to or delete their own comments on an issue, after the issue was made…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.18%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
GitLab CE/EE, versions 8.6 up to 11.x before 11.3.11, 11.4 before 11.4.8, and 11.5 before 11.5.1, are vulnerable to an access control issue that allows a Guest user to make changes to or delete their own comments on an issue, after the issue was made Confidential.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.18% probability · 68th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Affected
- gitlab/gitlab
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://about.gitlab.com/2018/11/28/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-5-dot-1-released/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/51238Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://about.gitlab.com/2018/11/28/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-5-dot-1-released/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/51238Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.