CVE-2019-14944

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

Poc

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-08-11 CVE Reserved
2023-04-15 CVE Published
2025-02-06 CVE Updated
2025-02-06 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
https://about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases	Release Notes
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/issues/1802	Broken Link

URL	Date	SRC
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/issues/1801	2025-02-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2019/08/12/critical-security-release-gitlab-12-dot-1-dot-6-released	2023-04-25

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				< 11.11.8 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " < 11.11.8"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				< 11.11.8 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " < 11.11.8"		enterprise		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 12.0.0 < 12.0.6 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 12.0.0 < 12.0.6"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 12.0.0 < 12.0.6 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 12.0.0 < 12.0.6"		enterprise		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 12.1.0 < 12.1.6 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 12.1.0 < 12.1.6"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 12.1.0 < 12.1.6 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 12.1.0 < 12.1.6"		enterprise		Affected