High severity7.7NVD Advisory· Published Oct 13, 2026

CVE-2026-81839

Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.1 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 authenticated user to execute arbitrary CI/CD pipelines in a transferred project with the new group's privileges due to improper cleanup of scheduled pipeline execution policy records.

AI Insight

LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.

Affected products

GitLab Inc./gitlab-org/gitlab-eellm-fuzzy
Range: from 18.1 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.5, and 19.4 before 19.4.2
GitLab Inc./GitLabllm-fuzzy
Range: from 18.1 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.5, and 19.4 before 19.4.2

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-2-released/nvd
hackerone.com/reports/3925062nvd

News mentions

GitLab Critical Patch Release: 19.4.2, 19.3.5, 19.2.8
GitLab Security Releases · Oct 12, 2026

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