Medium
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in GitLab
Type: advisorySources: OSV
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.6 before 18.11.6, 19.0 before 19.0.3, and 19.1 before 19.1.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to read or modify another group's virtual registry cleanup policy settings without authorization.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-5309
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 15:55 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in GitLab
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 25 Jun 2026, 04:34 UTC
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.6 before 18.11.6, 19.0 before 19.0.3, and 19.1 before 19.1.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to read or modify another group's virtual registry cleanup policy settings without authorization.
osv:CVE-2026-5309
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5309",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in GitLab",
"summary": "GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.6 before 18.11.6, 19.0 before 19.0.3, and 19.1 before 19.1.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to read or modify another group's virtual registry cleanup policy settings without authorization.",
"evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-5309",
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"modified": "2026-10-30T10:30:19.183204361Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
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"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/595468",
"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/5xxx/CVE-2026-5309.json",
"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5309",
"https://hackerone.com/reports/3628793"
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},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 504348,
"published_at": "2026-06-25T04:34:29.038+00:00"
}