GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 15.7 before 18.9.7, 18.10 before 18.10.6, and 18.11 before 18.11.3 that could have allowed an authenticated user to bypass merge request approval requirements due to improper cleanup of orphaned policy records.

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Solution

Upgrade to versions 18.9.7, 18.10.6, 18.11.3 or above.


Workaround

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History

Thu, 14 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000

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Description GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 15.7 before 18.9.7, 18.10 before 18.10.6, and 18.11 before 18.11.3 that could have allowed an authenticated user to bypass merge request approval requirements due to improper cleanup of orphaned policy records.
Title Missing Authorization in GitLab
First Time appeared Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
Weaknesses CWE-862
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 2.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-14T05:33:52.339Z

Reserved: 2026-04-22T19:33:27.795Z

Link: CVE-2026-6883

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-14T06:16:25.117

Modified: 2026-05-14T06:16:25.117

Link: CVE-2026-6883

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-14T08:00:11Z

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