GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.11 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 the Security Manager role to execute arbitrary CI/CD jobs and access protected variables within group projects due to improper authorization controls on compliance framework management.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| GitLab | GitLab | unaffected |
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Solution
Upgrade to versions 19.1.8, 19.2.6, 19.3.2 or above.
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History
Wed, 16 Sep 2026 06:45:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.11 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 the Security Manager role to execute arbitrary CI/CD jobs and access protected variables within group projects due to improper authorization controls on compliance framework management. | |
| Title | Missing Authorization in GitLab | |
| First Time appeared |
Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-862 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitLab
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-16T06:33:50.822Z
Reserved: 2026-07-23T18:04:00.169Z
Link: CVE-2026-16794
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