MediumFix available
Incorrect Authorization in GitLab
Type: advisorySources: OSV
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.11 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.5, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an authenticated user to approve a merge request despite having contributed commits to it, due to improper identity resolution.
- Products
- gitlab
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 19.2.8, 19.3.5, 19.4.2
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-92528
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 19:51 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.11 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.5, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an authenticated user to approve a merge request despite having contributed commits to it, due to improper identity resolution.
osv:BIT-gitlab-2026-92528
gitlab
Fixed versions: 19.2.8, 19.3.5, 19.4.2
Complete source record
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"id": "78d6ea5c203993b6f70f4c61a5e0bc7052c6ae2a538290d1efc65b323d1ab48f",
"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-gitlab-2026-92528",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "Incorrect Authorization in GitLab",
"summary": "GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.11 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.5, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an authenticated user to approve a merge request despite having contributed commits to it, due to improper identity resolution.",
"evidence": "osv:BIT-gitlab-2026-92528",
"products": [
{
"name": {
"value": "gitlab",
"evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
},
"prerequisites": [],
"fixed_versions": [
{
"value": "19.2.8",
"evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
},
{
"value": "19.3.5",
"evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
},
{
"value": "19.4.2",
"evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
}
],
"affected_versions": []
}
],
"severity": "medium",
"structured": {
"id": "BIT-gitlab-2026-92528",
"aliases": [
"BIT-gitlab-2026-92528",
"CVE-2026-92528"
],
"affected": [
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "SEMVER",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "16.11.0"
},
{
"fixed": "19.2.8"
},
{
"introduced": "19.3.0"
},
{
"fixed": "19.3.5"
},
{
"introduced": "19.4.0"
},
{
"fixed": "19.4.2"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "gitlab",
"purl": "pkg:bitnami/gitlab",
"ecosystem": "Bitnami"
},
"severity": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/gitlab/BIT-gitlab-2026-92528.json"
}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-16T09:45:15.790670994Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-2-released/",
"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/606772",
"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-92528"
],
"provider_metadata": {
"cpes": [
"cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*"
],
"severity": "Medium"
}
},
"related_cves": [
{
"value": "CVE-2026-92528",
"evidence": "/aliases"
}
],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/database_specific/severity"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 338346,
"published_at": "2026-10-16T09:05:42.468+00:00"
}