CVE-2026-79708
highpriority · track · 0OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.004 · 31 %ileDEUSEPSS · 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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
affected products (13)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
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.
sources
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references (3) nvd
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-3-2-released/Release NotesVendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/622477Issue Tracking
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3873243Permissions Required
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