CVE-2019-6997: GitLab

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 10.x (starting in 10.7) 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. System notes contain an access control issue that permits a guest user to view merge request titles.

Affected products

  • GitLab GitLab: from 10.7.0, up to and including 10.8.7; from 11.0.0, before 11.5.8 (fixed in 11.5.8); from 11.6.0, before 11.6.6 (fixed in 11.6.6); from 11.7.0, before 11.7.1 (fixed in 11.7.1)

Published 2019-09-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.