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CVE-2019-18460

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 8.15 through 12.4 in the Comments Search feature provided by the Elasticsearch integration. It has Incorrect Access Control.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

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CWEs

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