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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-6995

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 8.x, 9.x, 10.x, 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. Users are able to comment on locked project issues.

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CVE-2019-6995
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1 Nov 2026, 07:49 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2019-6995

core-osv · Original source

Published 9 Sept 2019, 20:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 8.x, 9.x, 10.x, 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. Users are able to comment on locked project issues.

osv:CVE-2019-6995
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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      "references": [
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