CVE-2019-7176: GitLab

Low severity, CVSS 3.7. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 8.x (starting in 8.9), 9.x, 10.x, and 11.x before 11.5.9, 11.6.x before 11.6.7, and 11.7.x before 11.7.2. It has Incorrect Access Control. Guest users are able to add reaction emojis on comments to which they have no visibility.

Affected products

• GitLab GitLab: from 8.9.0, up to and including 8.17.8; from 9.0.0, up to and including 9.5.10; from 10.0.0, up to and including 10.8.6; from 11.0.0, before 11.5.9 (fixed in 11.5.9); from 11.6.0, before 11.6.7 (fixed in 11.6.7); from 11.7.0, before 11.7.2 (fixed in 11.7.2)

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