Vulnerability · Published Oct 13, 2026 · Assigned by GitLab

CVE-2026-104661Incorrect Privilege Assignment in GitLab

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in GitLab from GitLab. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.0 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 holding a custom role with compliance framework administration permissions to configure and execute a specially crafted compliance pipeline across group projects due to improper privilege assignment.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
GitLab GitLab 17.0 – before 19.2.819.3 – before 19.3.519.4 – before 19.4.2

Weakness: CWE-266 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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