CVE-2026-86341
Access Control Check Implemented After Asset is Accessed in GitLab
CVSS Score
4.4
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.1 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions, an authenticated user with Owner or Maintainer permissions could have silently disabled protected environment deployment approval requirements, allowing unapproved deployments to reach production, due to improper access control checks performed after the protected resource was modified.
| CWE | CWE-1280 |
| Vendor | gitlab |
| Product | gitlab |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Sep 16, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Affected Versions
GitLab / GitLab
17.1 < 19.1.8 19.2 < 19.2.6 19.3 < 19.3.2
References
Credits
This vulnerability has been discovered internally by GitLab team member Peter Arts