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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: UBUNTU-CVE-2026-16275

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.4 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 unauthenticated user to read confidential notes on public projects 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-2026-16275
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 02:55 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-16275

core-osv · Original source

Published 13 Oct 2026, 02:16 UTC

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.4 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 unauthenticated user to read confidential notes on public projects due to incorrect authorization checks.

osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-16275

gitlab

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
{
  "id": "dbc736bb9b298e2a28e4bf2b347fb0a4276b474c547b734bbb6995f13107051d",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-16275",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-16275",
    "summary": "GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.4 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 unauthenticated user to read confidential notes on public projects due to incorrect authorization checks.",
    "evidence": "osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-16275",
    "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-2026-16275",
      "aliases": [
        "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-16275"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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-2026-16275.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "gitlab",
                "binary_version": "8.5.8+dfsg-5"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-17T12:59:53.205537063Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2026-16275"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-16275",
        "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-16275",
        "https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-2-released/",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/606490",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/3815259"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-16275",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 359855,
  "published_at": "2026-10-13T02:16:00+00:00"
}