MediumFix available
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
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"
}