VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-5473
An authentication issue was discovered in GitLab that allowed a bypass of email verification.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 1.70%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.70%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An authentication issue was discovered in GitLab that allowed a bypass of email verification. This was addressed in GitLab 12.1.2 and 12.0.4.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.70% probability · 77th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-288, CWE-287
- Affected
- gitlab/gitlab
- Source
- support@hackerone.com
EPSS 1.7% since 26 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://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/11643Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/565883Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/11643Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/565883Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.