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Incorrect Authorization in GitLab

Type: advisorySources: OSV

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.9 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 a fine-grained Personal Access Token scoped only to user-boundary import permissions to import projects into group namespaces beyond the token's intended scope, due to incorrect authorization of the import target namespace.

Products
gitlab
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
19.2.8, 19.3.5, 19.4.2
CVEs
CVE-2026-82632
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 19:49 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Incorrect Authorization in GitLab

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 Oct 2026, 09:05 UTC

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.9 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 a fine-grained Personal Access Token scoped only to user-boundary import permissions to import projects into group namespaces beyond the token's intended scope, due to incorrect authorization of the import target namespace.

osv:BIT-gitlab-2026-82632

gitlab

Fixed versions: 19.2.8, 19.3.5, 19.4.2

Complete source record
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  "id": "0447cb5dfcc125ad038b49b220e8194caa30d0c11be1760e3b3ba84be4b17a23",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-gitlab-2026-82632",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Incorrect Authorization in GitLab",
    "summary": "GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.9 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 a fine-grained Personal Access Token scoped only to user-boundary import permissions to import projects into group namespaces beyond the token's intended scope, due to incorrect authorization of the import target namespace.",
    "evidence": "osv:BIT-gitlab-2026-82632",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "gitlab",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "19.2.8",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          },
          {
            "value": "19.3.5",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          },
          {
            "value": "19.4.2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "low",
    "structured": {
      "id": "BIT-gitlab-2026-82632",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-gitlab-2026-82632",
        "CVE-2026-82632"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "type": "SEMVER",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "18.9.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "19.2.8"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "19.3.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "19.3.5"
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                {
                  "introduced": "19.4.0"
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                {
                  "fixed": "19.4.2"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "gitlab",
            "purl": "pkg:bitnami/gitlab",
            "ecosystem": "Bitnami"
          },
          "severity": [
            {
              "type": "CVSS_V3",
              "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/gitlab/BIT-gitlab-2026-82632.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-16T09:45:08.481867587Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-2-released/",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/626041",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/3843143",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-82632"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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          "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*"
        ],
        "severity": "Low"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-82632",
        "evidence": "/aliases"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/database_specific/severity"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 338169,
  "published_at": "2026-10-16T09:05:12.536+00:00"
}