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Incorrect Authorization in GitLab

Type: advisorySources: OSV

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.11 before 18.11.6, 19.0 before 19.0.3, and 19.1 before 19.1.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer-role permissions to bypass package protection rules and overwrite protected Maven package metadata due to incorrect authorization checks.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2026-5952
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
3 Nov 2026, 16:18 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Incorrect Authorization in GitLab

core-osv · Original source

Published 25 Jun 2026, 04:34 UTC

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.11 before 18.11.6, 19.0 before 19.0.3, and 19.1 before 19.1.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer-role permissions to bypass package protection rules and overwrite protected Maven package metadata due to incorrect authorization checks.

osv:CVE-2026-5952
Complete source record
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  "id": "bc7487aff23c82aa17a3d57c3170f76da63243352344e058aab50197677ffefc",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5952",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Incorrect Authorization in GitLab",
    "summary": "GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.11 before 18.11.6, 19.0 before 19.0.3, and 19.1 before 19.1.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer-role permissions to bypass package protection rules and overwrite protected Maven package metadata due to incorrect authorization checks.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-5952",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2026-5952",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-gitlab-2026-5952",
        "CVE-2026-5952"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              ],
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-30T10:30:59.706519046Z",
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      "references": [
        "https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-1-1-released/",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/596134",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/5xxx/CVE-2026-5952.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5952",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/3632428"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
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        "cna_assigner": "GitLab",
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              }
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                ],
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        ],
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      }
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    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 497263,
  "published_at": "2026-06-25T04:34:14.043+00:00"
}