{"id":"CVE-2019-5472","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-5472","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:19:44.610Z","title":"An authorization issue was discovered in Gitlab versions < 12.1.2, < 12.0.4, and < 11.11.6 that prevented owners and maintainer to delete epic comments.","description":"An authorization issue was discovered in Gitlab versions < 12.1.2, < 12.0.4, and < 11.11.6 that prevented owners and maintainer to delete epic comments.","published":"2020-01-28T03:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:37:45.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"support@hackerone.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-400","CWE-269"],"affected":["gitlab/gitlab"],"epss":{"score":0.01932,"percentile":0.79887,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.93%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2019/07/29/security-release-gitlab-12-dot-1-dot-2-released/","tags":["Patch","Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"support@hackerone.com"},{"url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/11381","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"support@hackerone.com"},{"url":"https://hackerone.com/reports/538101","tags":["Permissions Required"],"source":"support@hackerone.com"},{"url":"https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2019/07/29/security-release-gitlab-12-dot-1-dot-2-released/","tags":["Patch","Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/11381","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://hackerone.com/reports/538101","tags":["Permissions Required"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5472","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}