GitLab up to 19.3.5/19.4.2/19.5.0 Admin Lock Enforcement Controls permission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GitLab up to 19.3.5/19.4.2/19.5.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Admin Lock Enforcement Controls. Such manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-103515. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GitLab up to 19.3.5/19.4.2/19.5.0. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Admin Lock Enforcement Controls. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 19.2 before 19.3.6, 19.4 before 19.4.3, and 19.5 before 19.5.1 that, when an instance administrator locked a group's Duo availability, an authenticated user with group Owner permissions could have re-enabled AI-backed data egress to a third-party service for that group and its descendant projects, due to insufficient granularity of the admin-lock enforcement controls.

The advisory is available at gitlab.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-103515 since 09/30/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1222 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 19.3.6, 19.4.3 or 19.5.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.6

VulDB Base Score: 4.7
VulDB Temp Score: 4.5
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 2.7
CNA Vector (GitLab): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permission
CWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
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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 19.3.6/19.4.3/19.5.1

Timelineinfo

09/30/2026 CVE reserved
10/21/2026 +21 days VulDB entry created
10/22/2026 +0 days Advisory disclosed
10/22/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: gitlab.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-103515 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-103515
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-425054

Entryinfo

Created: 10/22/2026 01:57
Changes: 10/22/2026 01:57 (63)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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