CVE-2019-6796

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.5.8, 11.6.x before...

6.1 Medium

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.5.8, 11.6.x before 11.6.6, and 11.7.x before 11.7.1. It allows XSS (issue 2 of 2). The user status field contains a lack of input validation and output encoding that results in a persistent XSS.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

1.16%Up 0.1 points since Apr 14, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.1

Record: CVE-2019-6796
CVSS 3.0: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0: 4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2019-6796
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2019-16354 No score

Record: EUVD-2019-16354
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-533c-ppxj-mjqj 6.1

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.5.8, 11.6.x before...

Record: GHSA-533c-ppxj-mjqj
CVSS 3.0: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 6.1

Record: CVE-2019-6796
CVSS 3.0: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

gitlab

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2019-6796 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Gitlab, published April 11, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.16%, the 67th percentile. No source names a fixed version.