CVE-2019-5473
An authentication issue was discovered in GitLab that allowed a bypass of email verification....
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2019-5473- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-288, CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2019-5473- Weakness
- CWE-288
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-15055 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2019-15055- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-93f4-345x-96mm
An authentication issue was discovered in GitLab that allowed a bypass of email verification....
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.
- Record
GHSA-93f4-345x-96mm- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
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.
- Record
CVE-2019-5473- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-5473 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Gitlab, published September 9, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.70%, the 77th percentile. No source names a fixed version.