CVE-2026-14288

LOW 3.1

Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference in GitLab

CVSS Score

3.1

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.4 before 19.3.6, 19.4 before 19.4.3, and 19.5 before 19.5.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated to bypass a required merge request approval policy on a protected branch due to improper access control during approval rule synchronization.

CWE	CWE-706
Vendor	gitlab
Product	gitlab
Ecosystems	DevTools
Industries	Technology
Published	Oct 21, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Affected Versions

GitLab / GitLab

17.4 < 19.3.6 19.4 < 19.4.3 19.5 < 19.5.1

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

gitlab.com: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/604630 hackerone.com: https://hackerone.com/reports/3797008 docs.gitlab.com: https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-5-1-released/

Credits

Thanks [3nvz](https://hackerone.com/3nvz) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program