CVE-2026-16794
mediumGitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.11 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that under certain cond…
Vendor / product: Gitlab — gitlab
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.11 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with the Security Manager role to execute arbitrary CI/CD jobs and access protected variables within group projects due to improper authorization controls on compliance framework management.
CVSS
4.3
4.3 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (cve@gitlab.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-16 07:16
Modified: 2026-09-28 15:21
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:54 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
gitlab / gitlab ≥18.11.0 <19.1.8, ≥19.2.0 <19.2.6, ≥19.3.0 <19.3.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
References
- https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-3-2-released/ cve@gitlab.com
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/606750 cve@gitlab.com
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3785754 cve@gitlab.com
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:54 UTC · record ↗