CVE-2020-5197
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) 5.1 through...
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) 5.1 through 12.6.1. It has Incorrect Access Control.
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
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) 5.1 through 12.6.1. It has Incorrect Access Control.
- Record
CVE-2020-5197- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) 5.1 through 12.6.1. It has Incorrect Access Control.
- Record
CVE-2020-5197- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-26441 No score
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) 5.1 through 12.6.1. It has Incorrect Access Control.
- Record
EUVD-2020-26441- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-35m4-rgx2-x5g9 No score
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) 5.1 through...
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) 5.1 through 12.6.1. It has Incorrect Access Control.
- Record
GHSA-35m4-rgx2-x5g9- Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) 5.1 through 12.6.1. It has Incorrect Access Control.
- Record
CVE-2020-5197- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2020-5197
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) 5.1 through 12.6.1. It has Incorrect Access Control.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-5197- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-gitlab-2020-5197 No score
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) 5.1 through 12.6.1. It has Incorrect Access Control.
- Record
BIT-gitlab-2020-5197- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
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-2020-5197 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Gitlab, published January 13, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.75%, the 55th percentile. Fixed in gitlab 12.6.2.
References
about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5197
github.com/advisories/GHSA-35m4-rgx2-x5g9
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-5197
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5197