CVE-2019-6797
An information disclosure issue was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition before 11.5.8, 11.6.x...
An information disclosure issue was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition before 11.5.8, 11.6.x before 11.6.6, and 11.7.x before 11.7.1. The GitHub token used in CI/CD for External Repos was being leaked to project maintainers in the UI.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An information disclosure issue was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition before 11.5.8, 11.6.x before 11.6.6, and 11.7.x before 11.7.1. The GitHub token used in CI/CD for External Repos was being leaked to project maintainers in the UI.
- Record
CVE-2019-6797- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An information disclosure issue was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition before 11.5.8, 11.6.x before 11.6.6, and 11.7.x before 11.7.1. The GitHub token used in CI/CD for External Repos was being leaked to project maintainers in the UI.
- Record
CVE-2019-6797- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-16355 No score
An information disclosure issue was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition before 11.5.8, 11.6.x before 11.6.6, and 11.7.x before 11.7.1. The GitHub token used in CI/CD for External Repos was being leaked to project maintainers in the UI.
- Record
EUVD-2019-16355- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w2gf-3qqp-3r4x No score
An information disclosure issue was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition before 11.5.8, 11.6.x...
An information disclosure issue was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition before 11.5.8, 11.6.x before 11.6.6, and 11.7.x before 11.7.1. The GitHub token used in CI/CD for External Repos was being leaked to project maintainers in the UI.
- Record
GHSA-w2gf-3qqp-3r4x- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An information disclosure issue was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition before 11.5.8, 11.6.x before 11.6.6, and 11.7.x before 11.7.1. The GitHub token used in CI/CD for External Repos was being leaked to project maintainers in the UI.
- Record
CVE-2019-6797- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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-2019-6797 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Gitlab, published May 17, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.53%, the 74th percentile. No source names a fixed version.