CVE-2026-4916
Missing Authorization in GitLab
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 2.7 Low
- Published
- Apr 8, 2026
- Updated
- Apr 9, 2026
- Reserved
- Mar 26, 2026
Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.2 before 18.8.9, 18.9 before 18.9.5, and 18.10 before 18.10.3 that could have allowed an authenticated user with custom role permissions to demote or remove higher-privileged group members due to improper authorization checks on member management operations.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 2.7 Low | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N | GitLab |
Weaknesses
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
GitLabGitLab |
|
References
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #3301240technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/565414
- https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/04/08/patch-release-gitlab-18-10-3-released/
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