GitLab up to 19.1.7/19.2.5/19.3.1 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GitLab up to 19.1.7/19.2.5/19.3.1. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-86341. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab up to 19.1.7/19.2.5/19.3.1. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.1 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions, an authenticated user with Owner or Maintainer permissions could have silently disabled protected environment deployment approval requirements, allowing unapproved deployments to reach production, due to improper access control checks performed after the protected resource was modified.

It is possible to read the advisory at gitlab.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-86341 since 09/07/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 19.1.8, 19.2.6 or 19.3.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.5

VulDB Base Score: 2.7
VulDB Temp Score: 2.6
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 4.4
CNA Vector (GitLab): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: GitLab 19.1.8/19.2.6/19.3.2

Timelineinfo

09/07/2026 CVE reserved
09/16/2026 +9 days Advisory disclosed
09/16/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/16/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: gitlab.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-86341 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-86341
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-405539

Entryinfo

Created: 09/16/2026 10:23
Changes: 09/16/2026 10:23 (62)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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