High severity8.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 16, 2026· Updated Sep 28, 2026
CVE-2026-79708
CVE-2026-79708
Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 19.0 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer permissions to execute a policy test pipeline on projects within their group and access protected CI/CD variables restricted to higher-privileged roles, due to insufficient scope validation.
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Affected products
6(expand)+ 3 more
- (no CPE)
- cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*range: >=19.0.0,<19.1.8
- cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*range: >=19.0.0,<19.1.8
- (no CPE)range: from 19.0 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2
- Range: from 19.0 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-3-2-released/nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- hackerone.com/reports/3873243nvdPermissions Required
News mentions
2- GitLab: 12 Vulnerabilities Disclosed Together, Including Critical RCE and Auth Bypass FlawsVypr Intelligence · Sep 16, 2026
- GitLab Critical Patch Release: 19.3.2, 19.2.6, 19.1.8GitLab Security Releases · Sep 10, 2026