GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.0 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.5, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an authenticated user with Guest access to read confidential epic content meant to be restricted by external authorization, due to incorrect authorization checks.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
GitLab GitLab unaffected
Version Status Constraints
17.0 affected < 19.2.8
19.3 affected < 19.3.5
19.4 affected < 19.4.2

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Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to versions 19.2.8, 19.3.5, 19.4.2 or above.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-2-released/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/604841 cve-icon cve-icon
https://hackerone.com/reports/3809364 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 01:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.0 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.5, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an authenticated user with Guest access to read confidential epic content meant to be restricted by external authorization, due to incorrect authorization checks.
Title Incorrect Authorization in GitLab
First Time appeared Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
Weaknesses CWE-863
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-13T01:08:31.165Z

Reserved: 2026-07-03T09:08:54.561Z

Link: CVE-2026-14552

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-13T02:16:58.200

Modified: 2026-10-13T02:16:58.200

Link: CVE-2026-14552

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Updated: 2026-10-13T02:45:06Z

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