CVE-2019-14944

Public Exploit

Description

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.11.8, 12 before 12.0.6, and 12.1 before 12.1.6. Gitaly allows injection of command-line flags. This sometimes leads to privilege escalation or remote code execution.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 1.38% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory gitlab.com Vendor Advisory gitlab.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/ release notes
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/issues/1801 vendor advisory issue tracking exploit
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/issues/1802 broken link
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2019/08/12/critical-security-release-gitlab-12-dot-1-dot-6-released/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-14944?
CVE-2019-14944 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-14944?
To fix CVE-2019-14944, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-14944 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-14944 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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