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CVE-2026-16794 (GCVE-0-2026-16794)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-16 06:33 – Updated: 2026-09-16 06:33
VLAI
Title
Missing Authorization in GitLab
Summary
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.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
GitLab GitLab Affected: 18.11 , < 19.1.8 (semver)
Affected: 19.2 , < 19.2.6 (semver)
Affected: 19.3 , < 19.3.2 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Thanks [manual_mint](https://hackerone.com/manual_mint) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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