CVE-2026-79708

highpriority · track · 0OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.004 · 31 %ileDEUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.38% (31st) EPSS
CVSS 8.5 · high
Is it mine?
13 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
3 sources
cert_bund · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-22

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 19.0 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer permissions to execute a policy test pipeline on projects within their group and access protected CI/CD variables restricted to higher-privileged roles, due to insufficient scope validation.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.5
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.18.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:Nsecondary · cve@gitlab.comexploitability 3.1 · impact 4.7
v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

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affected products (13)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2026-3315GitLab: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-09-10csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in GitLab ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, erweiterte Berechtigungen zu erlangen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, sensible Informationen oder Anmeldedaten offenzulegen, Daten zu manipulieren, Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriffe durchzuführen oder Denial-of-Service-Zustände zu verursachen.

  • BIT-gitlab-2026-79708Incorrect Authorization in GitLab2026-09-25vendor · osvUS

    GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 19.0 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer permissions to execute a policy test pipeline on projects within their group and access protected CI/CD variables restricted to higher-privileged roles, due to insufficient scope validation.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

published 2026-09-16modified 2026-09-28
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references (3) nvd

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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