CVE-2026-18433 (GCVE-0-2026-18433)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-12 19:04 – Updated: 2026-08-13 14:42
VLAI
Title
Incorrect Authorization in GitLab
Summary
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 19.1 before 19.1.4 and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to read policy configuration belonging to a namespace they were not authorized to access, due to incorrect authorization checks in a GraphQL query.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-13 14:42 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Affected: 19.1 , < 19.1.4 (semver)
Affected: 19.2 , < 19.2.2 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Thanks [anshuman_bh](https://hackerone.com/anshuman_bh) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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