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Generation of Incorrect Security Tokens in GitLab

Type: advisorySources: OSV

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 19.1 before 19.1.3 and 19.2 before 19.2.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to bypass administrator-configured tool governance policies due to improper authorization enforcement during token generation.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2026-15831
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
7 Nov 2026, 21:15 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Generation of Incorrect Security Tokens in GitLab

core-osv · Original source

Published 29 Jul 2026, 19:00 UTC

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 19.1 before 19.1.3 and 19.2 before 19.2.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to bypass administrator-configured tool governance policies due to improper authorization enforcement during token generation.

osv:CVE-2026-15831
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-15831",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Generation of Incorrect Security Tokens in GitLab",
    "summary": "GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 19.1 before 19.1.3 and 19.2 before 19.2.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to bypass administrator-configured tool governance policies due to improper authorization enforcement during token generation.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-15831",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2026-15831",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-gitlab-2026-15831",
        "CVE-2026-15831"
      ],
      "metrics": [
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          "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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              "type": "GIT",
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          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-30T10:30:51.973232327Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-2-1-released/",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/605484",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/15xxx/CVE-2026-15831.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15831"
      ],
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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": 520427,
  "published_at": "2026-07-29T19:00:01.048+00:00"
}