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title: "CVE-2019-15726\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2019-15726

Publication date 16 September 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**5.3 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-15726?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition through
12.2.1. Embedded images and media files in markdown could be pointed to an
arbitrary server, which would reveal the IP address of clients requesting
the file from that server.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-15726?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| gitlab | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 21.10 impish | Not in release |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.10 eoan | Not in release |
| 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support, was needed |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [msalvatore](https://launchpad.net/~msalvatore)

Affects all previous GitLab CE/EE versions.

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

5.3 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | Low |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 5.3 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-15726)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15726)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2019-15726)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-15726)

### Other references

* <https://about.gitlab.com/2019/08/29/security-release-gitlab-12-dot-2-dot-3-released/>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15726>