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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: UBUNTU-CVE-2026-14552

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.0 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.5, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an authenticated user with Guest access to read confidential epic content meant to be restricted by external authorization, due to incorrect authorization checks.

Products
gitlab
Affected versions
8.4.3+dfsg-12, 8.4.3+dfsg-9, 8.5.8+dfsg-5
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-14552
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 02:03 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-14552

core-osv · Original source

Published 13 Oct 2026, 02:16 UTC

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.0 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.5, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an authenticated user with Guest access to read confidential epic content meant to be restricted by external authorization, due to incorrect authorization checks.

osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-14552

gitlab

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
{
  "id": "5f3f1f7e1b058d3e68767573d57cc60c84a6e48fc956d25f5c55820591678fff",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-14552",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-14552",
    "summary": "GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.0 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.5, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an authenticated user with Guest access to read confidential epic content meant to be restricted by external authorization, due to incorrect authorization checks.",
    "evidence": "osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-14552",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "gitlab",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "8.4.3+dfsg-9",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "8.4.3+dfsg-12",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "8.5.8+dfsg-5",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-14552",
      "aliases": [
        "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-14552"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
        },
        {
          "type": "Ubuntu",
          "score": "medium"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "gitlab",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/gitlab?arch=source&distro=xenial",
            "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
          },
          "versions": [
            "8.4.3+dfsg-9",
            "8.4.3+dfsg-12",
            "8.5.8+dfsg-5"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-14552.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "gitlab",
                "binary_version": "8.5.8+dfsg-5"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-17T12:58:05.580969687Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2026-14552"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-14552",
        "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-14552",
        "https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-2-released/",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/604841",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/3809364"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-14552",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 358033,
  "published_at": "2026-10-13T02:16:00+00:00"
}