Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb
Published
2026-03-13 09:35
Modified
2026-03-13 09:37
Summary
Missing Authorization in GitLab
Details

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 14.4 before 18.7.6, 18.8 before 18.8.6, and 18.9 before 18.9.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user with group import permissions to create labels in private projects due to improper authorization validation in the group import process under certain circumstances.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "gitlab",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/gitlab"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "14.4.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "18.7.6"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "18.8.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "18.8.6"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "18.9.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "18.9.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "severity": [
        {
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-1663"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
      "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "Medium"
  },
  "details": "GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 14.4 before 18.7.6, 18.8 before 18.8.6, and 18.9 before 18.9.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user with group import permissions to create labels in private projects due to improper authorization validation in the group import process under certain circumstances.",
  "id": "BIT-gitlab-2026-1663",
  "modified": "2026-03-13T09:37:20.375Z",
  "published": "2026-03-13T09:35:36.922Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/03/11/patch-release-gitlab-18-9-2-released/"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/588207"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/3485548"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-1663"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.6.2",
  "summary": "Missing Authorization in GitLab"
}


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