CVE-2026-16301
GitLab: incorrect authorisation
- Risk score
- 53/100
- CVSS
- 8.5 v3.1
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 0.2%
- Published
- 13 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.5, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an authenticated user with Developer role to execute CI/CD pipelines on protected branches without authorization due to improper a…
- Affected
- GitLab before 19.2.8, 19.3, 19.3.5, 19.4, 19.4.2
- Fix
- Upgrade GitLab to 19.2.8, 19.3, 19.3.5, 19.4 or 19.4.2 (whichever matches your release line), or later.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 8.5 high
References
Original description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.5, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an authenticated user with Developer role to execute CI/CD pipelines on protected branches without authorization due to improper authorization checks in the downstream pipeline creation service.
Last activity 13 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.