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Vulnerability · Published Sep 16, 2026 · Assigned by GitLab

CVE-2026-16794Missing Authorization in GitLab

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity missing authorization 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 0.4% (higher than 34% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 66.4% 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 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.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
GitLab GitLab 18.11 – before 19.1.819.2 – before 19.2.619.3 – before 19.3.2

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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