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Incorrect Authorization in GitLab

Type: advisorySources: OSV

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.11 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.6, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an unauthenticated user to read work item contents from private groups and projects due to incorrect authorization checks.

Products
gitlab
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
19.2.8, 19.4.2
CVEs
CVE-2026-84284
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 20:21 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 17.11 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.6, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an unauthenticated user to read work item contents from private groups and projects due to incorrect authorization checks.

osv:BIT-gitlab-2026-84284

gitlab

Fixed versions: 19.2.8, 19.4.2

Complete source record
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  "id": "4acae56e08f25446b10b0f287697ec2da307f466e868d9f5ef8bc2f6349e44bd",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-gitlab-2026-84284",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Incorrect Authorization in GitLab",
    "summary": "GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.11 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.6, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an unauthenticated user to read work item contents from private groups and projects due to incorrect authorization checks.",
    "evidence": "osv:BIT-gitlab-2026-84284",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "gitlab",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "19.2.8",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          },
          {
            "value": "19.4.2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "BIT-gitlab-2026-84284",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-gitlab-2026-84284",
        "CVE-2026-84284"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "SEMVER",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "17.11.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "19.2.8"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "19.3.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "19.4.2"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "gitlab",
            "purl": "pkg:bitnami/gitlab",
            "ecosystem": "Bitnami"
          },
          "severity": [
            {
              "type": "CVSS_V3",
              "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/gitlab/BIT-gitlab-2026-84284.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T00:30:07.084714812Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-2-released/",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/627167",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/3551698",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84284"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cpes": [
          "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*",
          "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*"
        ],
        "severity": "Medium"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-84284",
        "evidence": "/aliases"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/database_specific/severity"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 410966,
  "published_at": "2026-10-16T09:05:18.883+00:00"
}