CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-16301
8.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-10-13
- Last modified
- 2026-10-14
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863
Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.5, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an authenticated user with Developer role to execute CI/CD pipelines on protected branches without authorization due to improper authorization checks in the downstream pipeline creation service.
Affected configurations
• gitlab gitlab (>= 18.7.0 < 19.2.8)
• gitlab gitlab (>= 19.3.0 < 19.3.5)
• gitlab gitlab (>= 19.4.0 < 19.4.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness
References
- https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-2-released/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/606501 Issue Tracking
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3853866 Permissions Required