CVE-2019-18457

HIGHNVD 8.88.8—

8.8

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 11.8 through 12.4 when handling Security tokens.. It has Insecure Permissions.

CVSS v3: 8.8
EG Score: 8.8(medium)
EPSS: 23.8%
KEV: Not listed

Published

November 26, 2019

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (4)

cve@mitrehttps://about.gitlab.com/blog/2019/10/30/security-release-gitlab-12-dot-4-dot-1-released/
cve@mitrehttps://about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2019/10/30/security-release-gitlab-12-dot-4-dot-1-released/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-281Improper Preservation of Permissions

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 9× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

2026-05-27 13:38 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-27 11:07 UTCEG score recompute
2026-05-27 11:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
2026-05-26 13:42 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-26 13:42 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-26 07:17 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-26 07:17 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-26 07:17 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-25 03:19 UTCOSV refresh

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2019-18457?

CVE-2019-18457 is a high vulnerability published on November 26, 2019. An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 11.8 through 12.4 when handling Security tokens.. It has Insecure Permissions.

When was CVE-2019-18457 disclosed?

CVE-2019-18457 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on November 26, 2019, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2019-18457 actively exploited?

CVE-2019-18457 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 23.8% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2019-18457?

CVE-2019-18457 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2019-18457?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2019-18457, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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CVE-2019-18457

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