CVE-2026-0723 (GCVE-0-2026-0723)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-22 13:34 – Updated: 2026-01-23 04:55
VLAI?
Title
Unchecked Return Value in GitLab
Summary
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.6 before 18.6.4, 18.7 before 18.7.2, and 18.8 before 18.8.2 that could have allowed an individual with existing knowledge of a victim's credential ID to bypass two-factor authentication by submitting forged device responses.
Severity ?
7.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Affected: 18.6 , < 18.6.4 (semver)
Affected: 18.7 , < 18.7.2 (semver)
Affected: 18.8 , < 18.8.2 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Thanks [ahacker1](https://hackerone.com/ahacker1) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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