🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2026-16794

MEDIUM 4.3

Missing Authorization in GitLab

CVSS Score
4.3
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.11 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 the Security Manager role to execute arbitrary CI/CD jobs and access protected variables within group projects due to improper authorization controls on compliance framework management.

CWE CWE-862
Vendor gitlab
Product gitlab
Ecosystems
Industries
Technology
Published Sep 16, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Affected Versions

GitLab / GitLab
18.11 < 19.1.8 19.2 < 19.2.6 19.3 < 19.3.2

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
gitlab.com: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/606750 hackerone.com: https://hackerone.com/reports/3785754 docs.gitlab.com: https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-3-2-released/

Credits

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