CVE-2019-6996
Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—
An issue was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition 10.x (starting in 10.6) and 11.x before 11.5.8, 11.6.x before 11.6.6, and 11.7.x before 11.7.1. It has Incorrect Access Control. The merge request approvers section has an access control issue that permits project maintainers to view membership of private groups.
CVSS
- Version: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Base score: 4.3
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.80%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 55
- Score date: 10/9/2026
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)
CWEs
- CWE-269
References
Raw JSON (NVD)
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