Vulnerability · Published Jun 25, 2026 · Assigned by GitLab
CVE-2026-5796Incorrect Authorization in GitLab
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity incorrect 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 33% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 13.6 before 18.11.6, 19.0 before 19.0.3, and 19.1 before 19.1.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with Reporter-level group permissions to view package metadata from projects with the Package Registry disabled due to incorrect authorization checks in the group packages feature.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
References
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/596035
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #3646902 technical-description, exploit, permissions-required
- https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-1-1-released/