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Security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-12428

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 6.8 through 11.11. Users could bypass the mandatory external authentication provider sign-in restrictions by sending a specially crafted request. It has Improper Authorization.

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CVE-2019-12428
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1 Nov 2026, 05:58 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2019-12428

core-osv · Original source

Published 10 Mar 2020, 14:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 6.8 through 11.11. Users could bypass the mandatory external authentication provider sign-in restrictions by sending a specially crafted request. It has Improper Authorization.

osv:CVE-2019-12428
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-12428",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-12428",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 6.8 through 11.11. Users could bypass the mandatory external authentication provider sign-in restrictions by sending a specially crafted request. It has Improper Authorization.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-12428",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2019-12428",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2019-12428"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "deb6f84e91fe4d21daa6b5558c517254ea2668a3"
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              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
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                        "introduced": "6.8.0"
                      },
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                        "last_affected": "11.11.0"
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                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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                  }
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              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v11.11.0-ee",
            "v11.11.0-rc5-ee",
            "v11.11.0-rc4-ee",
            "v11.11.0-rc3-ee",
            "v11.11.0-rc2-ee",
            "v11.11.0-rc1-ee",
            "11-10-0cfa69752d8-74ffd66ae-ee",
            "11-10-0cfa69752d8-0d9531c80-ee",
            "11-10-119f9509d50-6d7537235-ee",
            "v7.3.0-ee",
            "v7.3.0.rc1-ee",
            "v7.2.0.rc5-ee",
            "v7.2.0.rc4-ee",
            "v7.2.0.rc3-ee",
            "v7.2.0.rc2-ee",
            "v7.2.0.rc1-ee",
            "v7.1.0-ee",
            "v7.1.0.rc1-ee",
            "v7.0.0-ee",
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-30T10:30:42.253752819Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/",
        "https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2019/06/03/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-11-dot-1-released/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-12428",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433442,
  "published_at": "2020-03-10T14:15:11.503+00:00"
}