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CVE-2019-5468 (GCVE-0-2019-5468)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-01-28 02:44 – Updated: 2024-08-04 19:54
VLAI
Summary
An privilege escalation issue was discovered in Gitlab versions < 12.1.2, < 12.0.4, and < 11.11.6 when Mattermost slash commands are used with a blocked account.
CWE
  • Privilege Escalation (CAPEC-233)
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
GiltLab GitLab Affected: before 12.1.2
Affected: before 12.0.4
Affected: before 11.11.6
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