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Incorrect Authorization in GitLab

Type: advisorySources: OSV

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.9 before 19.2.7, 19.3 before 19.3.3, and 19.4 before 19.4.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with guest-level permissions to read private security policy content they were not authorized to access due to improper authorization enforcement.

Products
gitlab
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
19.2.7, 19.3.3, 19.4.1
CVEs
CVE-2026-10518
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
27 Oct 2026, 11:22 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Incorrect Authorization in GitLab

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Oct 2026, 12:06 UTC

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.9 before 19.2.7, 19.3 before 19.3.3, and 19.4 before 19.4.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with guest-level permissions to read private security policy content they were not authorized to access due to improper authorization enforcement.

osv:BIT-gitlab-2026-10518

gitlab

Fixed versions: 19.2.7, 19.3.3, 19.4.1

Complete source record
{
  "id": "1926f25909739aacc0a9a11fd9eb5298c83c5c679bc7d7d077b2107bce4bf88b",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-gitlab-2026-10518",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Incorrect Authorization in GitLab",
    "summary": "GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.9 before 19.2.7, 19.3 before 19.3.3, and 19.4 before 19.4.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with guest-level permissions to read private security policy content they were not authorized to access due to improper authorization enforcement.",
    "evidence": "osv:BIT-gitlab-2026-10518",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "gitlab",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "19.2.7",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          },
          {
            "value": "19.3.3",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          },
          {
            "value": "19.4.1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "BIT-gitlab-2026-10518",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-gitlab-2026-10518",
        "CVE-2026-10518"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "SEMVER",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "17.9.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "19.2.7"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "19.3.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "19.3.3"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "19.4.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "19.4.1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "gitlab",
            "purl": "pkg:bitnami/gitlab",
            "ecosystem": "Bitnami"
          },
          "severity": [
            {
              "type": "CVSS_V3",
              "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/gitlab/BIT-gitlab-2026-10518.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-06T15:15:05.137577458Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-1-released/",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/601723",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/3686230",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-10518"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cpes": [
          "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
          "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*"
        ],
        "severity": "Medium"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-10518",
        "evidence": "/aliases"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/database_specific/severity"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 89122,
  "published_at": "2026-10-06T12:06:54.737+00:00"
}