5.9Medium

CVE-2026-16255Incorrect Authorization in GitLab

GitLab GitLab Published: (21 days ago)

Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 12.0 before 19.3.6, 19.4 before 19.4.3, and 19.5 before 19.5.1 that, when the instance-wide SAML or LDAP membership lock was enabled, an authenticated user could have granted or accepted project and group membership outside the identity provider's control, due to incomplete enforcement of the membership lock on requests created before the lock was enabled.

Weakness (CWE): CWE-863

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

VendorProductVersions
GitLab GitLab 12.0 – < 19.3.6, 19.4 – < 19.4.3, 19.5 – < 19.5.1

References and patches

CPE matches (NVD) (3)

  • cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* ≥ 12.0.0 < 19.3.6
  • cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* ≥ 19.4.0 < 19.4.3
  • cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:19.5.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*