Critical
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in GitLab
Type: advisorySources: OSV
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 18.11.12, 19.0 before 19.0.9, 19.1 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions, an unauthenticated user could have read arbitrary files from the GitLab server due to improper path confinement and missing authentication enforcement in the repository commits API.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-85706
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 22:51 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in GitLab
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 12 Sept 2026, 02:46 UTC
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 18.11.12, 19.0 before 19.0.9, 19.1 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions, an unauthenticated user could have read arbitrary files from the GitLab server due to improper path confinement and missing authentication enforcement in the repository commits API.
osv:CVE-2026-85706
Complete source record
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