Vulnerability · Published Sep 16, 2026 · Assigned by GitLab
CVE-2026-86341Access Control Check Implemented After Asset is Accessed in GitLab
Medium 4.4
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 0.4% (higher than 30% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.1 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions, an authenticated user with Owner or Maintainer permissions could have silently disabled protected environment deployment approval requirements, allowing unapproved deployments to reach production, due to improper access control checks performed after the protected resource was modified.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-1280 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N