CVE-2026-79708
Incorrect Authorization in GitLab
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.5 High
- Published
- Sep 16, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2026
- Reserved
- Aug 25, 2026
Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 19.0 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer permissions to execute a policy test pipeline on projects within their group and access protected CI/CD variables restricted to higher-privileged roles, due to insufficient scope validation.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N | GitLab |
Weaknesses
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
GitLabGitLab |
|
References
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/622477
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #3873243technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
- https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-3-2-released/
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