Incorrect Authorization in GitLab
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.1 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 execute arbitrary CI/CD pipelines in a transferred project with the new group's privileges due to improper cleanup of scheduled pipeline execution policy records.
- Products
- gitlab
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 19.2.8, 19.3.5, 19.4.2
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-81839
- 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 18.1 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 execute arbitrary CI/CD pipelines in a transferred project with the new group's privileges due to improper cleanup of scheduled pipeline execution policy records.
osv:BIT-gitlab-2026-81839
gitlab
Fixed versions: 19.2.8, 19.3.5, 19.4.2
Complete source record
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"id": "cb8872f2c06d2401207c9b5f5867e0a9b69d2e7bd750508ea6bfbd0276f51332",
"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-gitlab-2026-81839",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "Incorrect Authorization in GitLab",
"summary": "GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.1 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 execute arbitrary CI/CD pipelines in a transferred project with the new group's privileges due to improper cleanup of scheduled pipeline execution policy records.",
"evidence": "osv:BIT-gitlab-2026-81839",
"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": "high",
"structured": {
"id": "BIT-gitlab-2026-81839",
"aliases": [
"BIT-gitlab-2026-81839",
"CVE-2026-81839"
],
"affected": [
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "SEMVER",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "18.1.0"
},
{
"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:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/gitlab/BIT-gitlab-2026-81839.json"
}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-16T09:45:15.683961072Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-2-released/",
"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/624150",
"https://hackerone.com/reports/3925062",
"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-81839"
],
"provider_metadata": {
"cpes": [
"cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*"
],
"severity": "High"
}
},
"related_cves": [
{
"value": "CVE-2026-81839",
"evidence": "/aliases"
}
],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/database_specific/severity"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 338341,
"published_at": "2026-10-16T09:05:10.94+00:00"
}