Vulnerability · Published May 14, 2026 · Assigned by GitLab
CVE-2026-6063Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in GitLab
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity authorization bypass via user-controlled key 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 14% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.2% 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 11.10 before 18.9.7, 18.10 before 18.10.6, and 18.11 before 18.11.3 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer-role permissions to remove code owner approval rules from merge requests due to improper access control.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-639 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/596332
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #3649087 technical-description, exploit, permissions-required
- https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/05/13/patch-release-gitlab-18-11-3-released/