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GitLabCVE-2026-85706

GitLab: missing authentication

Critical10.0CVE-2026-85706 · Published Sep 12, 2026 · updated Sep 24, 2026

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 18.11.12, 19.0 before 19.0.9, 19.1 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions, an unauthenticated user could have read arbitrary files from the GitLab server due to improper path confinement and missing authentication enforcement in the repository commits API.

GitLab advisory

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
GitLab
Product
>= 18.7, < 18.11.1218.11.12
>= 19.0, < 19.0.919.0.9
>= 19.1, < 19.1.819.1.8
>= 19.2, < 19.2.619.2.6
Details and references

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