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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

Incorrect Authorization in GitLab

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 Oct 2026, 09:05 UTC

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"
}