GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 18.8.6/18.9.2/18.10.0 WebAuthn Two-Factor Authentication authentication bypass
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 18.8.6/18.9.2/18.10.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component WebAuthn Two-Factor Authentication. Such manipulation leads to authentication bypass. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-2745. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 18.8.6/18.9.2/18.10.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component WebAuthn Two-Factor Authentication. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication bypass vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-288. A product requires authentication, but the product has an alternate path or channel that does not require authentication. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 7.11 before 18.8.7, 18.9 before 18.9.3, and 18.10 before 18.10.1 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to bypass WebAuthn two-factor authentication and gain unauthorized access to user accounts due to inconsistent input validation in the authentication process.
The weakness was presented by A0Xnirudh. The advisory is shared for download at hackerone.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-2745 since 02/19/2026. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
Upgrading to version 18.8.7, 18.9.3 or 18.10.1 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at about.gitlab.com.
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Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
- 18.0
- 18.1
- 18.2
- 18.3
- 18.4
- 18.5
- 18.6
- 18.7
- 18.8
- 18.8.0
- 18.8.1
- 18.8.2
- 18.8.3
- 18.8.4
- 18.8.5
- 18.8.6
- 18.9
- 18.9.0
- 18.9.1
- 18.9.2
- 18.10.0
License
Website
- Vendor: https://gitlab.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.6VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6
VulDB Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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NVD Base Score: 8.1
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CNA Base Score: 6.8
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Authentication bypassCWE: CWE-288 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔒
Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 18.8.7/18.9.3/18.10.1
Timeline
02/19/2026 CVE reserved03/25/2026 Advisory disclosed
03/25/2026 VulDB entry created
04/01/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: gitlab.comAdvisory: hackerone.com
Researcher: A0Xnirudh
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-2745 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-2745
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-353408
Entry
Created: 03/25/2026 20:03Updated: 04/01/2026 06:13
Changes: 03/25/2026 20:03 (67), 04/01/2026 06:13 (12)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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