Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.11 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 the Security Manager role to execute arbitrary CI/CD jobs and access protected variables within group projects due to improper authorization controls on compliance framework management.
Published: 2026-09-16
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to versions 19.1.8, 19.2.6, 19.3.2 or above.

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History

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 06:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.11 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 the Security Manager role to execute arbitrary CI/CD jobs and access protected variables within group projects due to improper authorization controls on compliance framework management.
Title Missing Authorization in GitLab
First Time appeared Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
Weaknesses CWE-862
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

Subscriptions

Gitlab Gitlab
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-16T06:33:50.822Z

Reserved: 2026-07-23T18:04:00.169Z

Link: CVE-2026-16794

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-16T07:16:32.807

Modified: 2026-09-16T07:16:32.807

Link: CVE-2026-16794

cve-icon Redhat

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Weaknesses