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Missing Authorization in GitLab

Type: advisorySources: OSV

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 19.0 before 19.2.7, 19.3 before 19.3.3, and 19.4 before 19.4.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to read private child issue contents, including titles and descriptions, from projects they had no access to, due to missing authorization checks on linked work items within visible epics.

Products
gitlab
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
19.2.7, 19.3.3, 19.4.1
CVEs
CVE-2026-8937
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
27 Oct 2026, 11:22 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Missing Authorization in GitLab

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Oct 2026, 12:10 UTC

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 19.0 before 19.2.7, 19.3 before 19.3.3, and 19.4 before 19.4.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to read private child issue contents, including titles and descriptions, from projects they had no access to, due to missing authorization checks on linked work items within visible epics.

osv:BIT-gitlab-2026-8937

gitlab

Fixed versions: 19.2.7, 19.3.3, 19.4.1

Complete source record
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  "id": "296bb21427dc53a0182a33dcc905882e2a68eb33182678c610f6e877bf32764a",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-gitlab-2026-8937",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Missing Authorization in GitLab",
    "summary": "GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 19.0 before 19.2.7, 19.3 before 19.3.3, and 19.4 before 19.4.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to read private child issue contents, including titles and descriptions, from projects they had no access to, due to missing authorization checks on linked work items within visible epics.",
    "evidence": "osv:BIT-gitlab-2026-8937",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "gitlab",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "19.2.7",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          },
          {
            "value": "19.3.3",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          },
          {
            "value": "19.4.1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "BIT-gitlab-2026-8937",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-gitlab-2026-8937",
        "CVE-2026-8937"
      ],
      "affected": [
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          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "SEMVER",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "19.0.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "19.2.7"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "19.3.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "19.3.3"
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                  "introduced": "19.4.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "19.4.1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "gitlab",
            "purl": "pkg:bitnami/gitlab",
            "ecosystem": "Bitnami"
          },
          "severity": [
            {
              "type": "CVSS_V3",
              "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/gitlab/BIT-gitlab-2026-8937.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-06T15:15:04.325140581Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-1-released/",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/600533",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/3702369",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8937"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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          "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*"
        ],
        "severity": "Medium"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-8937",
        "evidence": "/aliases"
      }
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/database_specific/severity"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 89112,
  "published_at": "2026-10-06T12:10:24.619+00:00"
}