🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2026-85706

CRITICAL 10.0 ⚠️ CISA KEV

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in GitLab

CVSS Score
10.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions, an unauthenticated user could have read arbitrary files from the GitLab server due to improper path confinement and missing authentication enforcement in the repository commits API.

CWE CWE-22
Vendor gitlab
Product gitlab
Ecosystems
Industries
Technology
Published Sep 12, 2026
Last Updated Sep 12, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Affected Versions

GitLab / GitLab
18.7 < 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/627748 hackerone.com: https://hackerone.com/reports/3909881 cisa.gov: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-85706

Credits

Thanks [s3ntago](https://hackerone.com/s3ntago) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program