CVE-2026-85706
criticalpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.920 · 100 %ileexploit · functionalDENLRUUSadded 2026-09-11remediate by 2026-09-14
required action Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
EPSS · scored 2026-10-22
GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Path Traversal Vulnerability
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 18.11.12, 19.0 before 19.0.9, 19.1 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions, an unauthenticated user could have read arbitrary files from the GitLab server due to improper path confinement and missing authentication enforcement in the repository commits API.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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weaknesses
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exploits (14)
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- auxiliary/gather/gitlab_file_read_cve_2026_85706GitLab Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Readfunctional · metasploit
- 0xlyvio/cve-2026-85706-poc-exploit-gitlabcve-2026-85706-poc-exploit-gitlabPoC · poc_in_github
- EQSTLab/CVE-2026-85706GitLab Unauthenticated Arbitrary File ReadPoC · poc_in_github
- FlowerWitch/CVE-2026-85706_docker_expCVE-2026-85706_docker_expPoC · poc_in_github
affected products (23)
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advisories (3)
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- NCSC-2026-0367Kwetsbaarheid verholpen in GitLab Community en Enterprise EditionsNL2026-09-12csaf · ncsc_nlNL
GitLab heeft een kwetsbaarheid verholpen in GitLab Community en Enterprise Editions.
- 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-2026-85706Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in GitLab2026-09-15vendor · osvUS
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 18.11.12, 19.0 before 19.0.9, 19.1 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions, an unauthenticated user could have read arbitrary files from the GitLab server due to improper path confinement and missing authentication enforcement in the repository commits API.
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sources
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references (3) nvd
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- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/627748Broken Link
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3909881Permissions Required
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-85706Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
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