CVE-2019-5474
An authorization issue was discovered in GitLab EE < 12.1.2, < 12.0.4, and < 11.11.6 allowing the...
An authorization issue was discovered in GitLab EE < 12.1.2, < 12.0.4, and < 11.11.6 allowing the merge request approval rules to be overridden without appropriate permissions.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An authorization issue was discovered in GitLab EE < 12.1.2, < 12.0.4, and < 11.11.6 allowing the merge request approval rules to be overridden without appropriate permissions.
- Record
CVE-2019-5474- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284, CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An authorization issue was discovered in GitLab EE < 12.1.2, < 12.0.4, and < 11.11.6 allowing the merge request approval rules to be overridden without appropriate permissions.
- Record
CVE-2019-5474- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-15056 No score
An authorization issue was discovered in GitLab EE < 12.1.2, < 12.0.4, and < 11.11.6 allowing the merge request approval rules to be overridden without appropriate permissions.
- Record
EUVD-2019-15056- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p58m-cp94-fm4f
An authorization issue was discovered in GitLab EE < 12.1.2, < 12.0.4, and < 11.11.6 allowing the...
An authorization issue was discovered in GitLab EE < 12.1.2, < 12.0.4, and < 11.11.6 allowing the merge request approval rules to be overridden without appropriate permissions.
- Record
GHSA-p58m-cp94-fm4f- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284, CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An authorization issue was discovered in GitLab EE < 12.1.2, < 12.0.4, and < 11.11.6 allowing the merge request approval rules to be overridden without appropriate permissions.
- Record
CVE-2019-5474- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 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-2019-5474 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Gitlab, published January 28, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.08%, the 65th percentile. No source names a fixed version.