🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2026-16494

HIGH 7.1

Missing Authorization in GitLab

CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 19.1 before 19.1.4 and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to modify project settings restricted to higher-privileged roles, due to missing authorization checks on a project update endpoint.

CWE CWE-862
Vendor gitlab
Product gitlab
Ecosystems
Industries
Technology
Published Aug 12, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
Low

Affected Versions

GitLab / GitLab
19.1 < 19.1.4 19.2 < 19.2.2

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
gitlab.com: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/606580 hackerone.com: https://hackerone.com/reports/3775445 docs.gitlab.com: https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-2-2-released/

Credits

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