GitLabCVE-2026-8472

GitLab: missing authorization

CVE-2026-8472 · Published Jul 8, 2026 · updated Jul 10, 2026

Medium4.3

Fix: upgrade to 18.11.7 or later (3 fixed versions below)

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.9 before 18.11.7, 19.0 before 19.0.4, and 19.1 before 19.1.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with minimal access permissions to read work item metadata from private projects due to missing authorization checks.

Affected versions

Package	Affected	Fixed in
GitLab Product	>= 18.9, < 18.11.7	18.11.7
	>= 19.0, < 19.0.4	19.0.4
	>= 19.1, < 19.1.2	19.1.2

Details and references

CVSS 3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Severity from: the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
Weakness: CWE-862

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