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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
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2026-5309
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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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 source

Published 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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  "id": "88f8f057a87673b8bbf0a66b9d60a02aca39ed31794c4505dac7f00a9c5937b0",
  "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",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2026-5309",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-gitlab-2026-5309",
        "CVE-2026-5309"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*",
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          ],
          "versions": [
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-30T10:30:19.183204361Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-1-1-released/",
        "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"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-639"
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        "cna_assigner": "GitLab",
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                  {
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                  {
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              }
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          },
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                  },
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                  },
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                    "introduced": "19.1"
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                  }
                ],
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            ]
          }
        ],
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      }
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 504348,
  "published_at": "2026-06-25T04:34:29.038+00:00"
}