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Missing Authorization in GitLab

Type: advisorySources: OSV

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.11 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 unauthenticated user to read CI/CD job trace contents containing sensitive variable values due to improper authorization enforcement in the GraphQL API.

Products
gitlab
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
19.2.7, 19.3.3, 19.4.1
CVEs
CVE-2026-4523
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, 12:09 UTC

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.11 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 unauthenticated user to read CI/CD job trace contents containing sensitive variable values due to improper authorization enforcement in the GraphQL API.

osv:BIT-gitlab-2026-4523

gitlab

Fixed versions: 19.2.7, 19.3.3, 19.4.1

Complete source record
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  "id": "c7d0cbd2de4190f8d0c332eb46f031155bf7b47c930b2dfafe97ba2b5352768b",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-gitlab-2026-4523",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Missing Authorization in GitLab",
    "summary": "GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.11 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 unauthenticated user to read CI/CD job trace contents containing sensitive variable values due to improper authorization enforcement in the GraphQL API.",
    "evidence": "osv:BIT-gitlab-2026-4523",
    "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": "low",
    "structured": {
      "id": "BIT-gitlab-2026-4523",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-gitlab-2026-4523",
        "CVE-2026-4523"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "SEMVER",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "15.11.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "19.2.7"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "19.3.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "19.3.3"
                },
                {
                  "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:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/gitlab/BIT-gitlab-2026-4523.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-06T15:15:03.572721661Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-1-released/",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/594294",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/3590929",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4523"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cpes": [
          "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
          "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*"
        ],
        "severity": "Low"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-4523",
        "evidence": "/aliases"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/database_specific/severity"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 89103,
  "published_at": "2026-10-06T12:09:02.474+00:00"
}