{"id":"CVE-2019-5883","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-5883","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:23:29.093Z","title":"The issue comments feature could allow a user to comment on an issue which they shouldn't be allowed to.","description":"An Incorrect Access Control issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 6.0 and later but before 11.3.11, 11.4.x before 11.4.8, and 11.5.x before 11.5.1. The issue comments feature could allow a user to comment on an issue which they shouldn't be allowed to.","published":"2019-05-17T16:29:04.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:38:23.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.1,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["gitlab/gitlab"],"epss":{"score":0.01504,"percentile":0.74157,"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 (1.50%). 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/2018/11/28/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-5-dot-1-released/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://about.gitlab.com/2018/11/28/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-5-dot-1-released/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5883","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."}