8.5High

CVE-2026-16301Incorrect Authorization in GitLab

GitLab GitLab Published: (1 month ago)

Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.5, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an authenticated user with Developer role to execute CI/CD pipelines on protected branches without authorization due to improper authorization checks in the downstream pipeline creation service.

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 18.7 – < 19.2.8, 19.3 – < 19.3.5, 19.4 – < 19.4.2

References and patches

CPE matches (NVD) (6)

  • cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* ≥ 18.7.0 < 19.2.8
  • cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* ≥ 18.7.0 < 19.2.8
  • cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* ≥ 19.3.0 < 19.3.5
  • cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* ≥ 19.3.0 < 19.3.5
  • cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* ≥ 19.4.0 < 19.4.2
  • cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* ≥ 19.4.0 < 19.4.2