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Incorrect Authorization in GitLab

Type: advisorySources: OSV

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.11 before 18.11.1 that could have allowed an authenticated user to access titles of confidential or private issues in public projects due to improper access control in the issue description rendering process.

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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2026-5377
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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2 Nov 2026, 16:51 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Incorrect Authorization in GitLab

core-osv · Original source

Published 22 Apr 2026, 16:04 UTC

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.11 before 18.11.1 that could have allowed an authenticated user to access titles of confidential or private issues in public projects due to improper access control in the issue description rendering process.

osv:CVE-2026-5377
Complete source record
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  "id": "4cf1b17dc087bd074366c50ba5867170179c7f9c41a125ac9e77fbac0b9a4f9e",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5377",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Incorrect Authorization in GitLab",
    "summary": "GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.11 before 18.11.1 that could have allowed an authenticated user to access titles of confidential or private issues in public projects due to improper access control in the issue description rendering process.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-5377",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2026-5377",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-gitlab-2026-5377",
        "CVE-2026-5377"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "1060c7b0ff78be7c8abe8fd6d23dcb1ca493fd78"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "1060c7b0ff78be7c8abe8fd6d23dcb1ca493fd78"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:18.11.0:*:*:*:community:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "18.11.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "18.11.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:18.11.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "18.11.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "18.11.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "18.11.0",
            "v18.11.0-ee"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-5377.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-30T10:30:48.005603271Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/04/22/patch-release-gitlab-18-11-1-released/",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/595553",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/5xxx/CVE-2026-5377.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5377",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/3640688"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-863"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "GitLab",
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "18.11"
                  },
                  {
                    "fixed": "18.11.1"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                "strategy": "StandardRange"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "18.11"
                  },
                  {
                    "fixed": "18.11.1"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "DESCRIPTION"
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/5xxx/CVE-2026-5377.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-5377",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 487397,
  "published_at": "2026-04-22T16:04:31.304+00:00"
}