CVE-2026-8716 (GCVE-0-2026-8716)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-27 17:54 – Updated: 2026-05-27 19:36
VLAI
Title
Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference in GitLab
Summary
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 12.7 before 18.10.7, 18.11 before 18.11.4, and 19.0 before 19.0.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to access CI data from a different ref type than intended.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-706 - Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Affected: 12.7 , < 18.10.7 (semver)
Affected: 18.11 , < 18.11.4 (semver)
Affected: 19.0 , < 19.0.1 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
This vulnerability has been discovered internally by GitLab team member Hordur Freyr Yngvason
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