CVE-2026-79708
HIGH 8.5GitLab 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.
Severe if exploited (CVSS 8.5), but no known exploitation and low modeled probability. Patch on a normal cadence.
Exploitation likelihood
0.4%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 32nd percentile
Impact if exploited
8.5CVSS 3.1 · HIGH
- ConfidentialityLow
- IntegrityHigh
- AvailabilityNone
What an attacker needs
- ✓Access: Reachable over the network — no local access needed
- ⚠Privileges: Requires a low-privilege account
- ✓User interaction: No user interaction needed
- ✓Complexity: No special conditions — reliably repeatable
✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it
Proof of concept
No public PoC is currently catalogued.
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Data snapshot:
Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-863: : Incorrect Authorization
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
References and research data (JSON)
Known Affected Software Configurations
| Vendor | Product | Version range |
|---|---|---|
| Gitlab | Gitlab | ≥ 19.0.0 and < 19.1.8 |
| Gitlab | Gitlab | ≥ 19.0.0 and < 19.1.8 |
| Gitlab | Gitlab | ≥ 19.2.0 and < 19.2.6 |
| Gitlab | Gitlab | ≥ 19.2.0 and < 19.2.6 |
| Gitlab | Gitlab | ≥ 19.3.0 and < 19.3.2 |
| Gitlab | Gitlab | ≥ 19.3.0 and < 19.3.2 |
All CVSS metrics
- HIGH 8.5 v3.1 · CNA Primary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N - HIGH 8.5 v3.1 · NVD Secondary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
References
Exploit-tagged references (not proof of a PoC)
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3873243 CVE record · GitLab · Updated 2026-09-16T06:33:26.046Z
NVD · CVE-2026-79708 · Updated 2026-09-28T13:31:22.267
Advisories
- https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-3-2-released/ CVE record · GitLab · Updated 2026-09-16T06:33:26.046Z
NVD · CVE-2026-79708 · Updated 2026-09-28T13:31:22.267 - https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-80221 EUVD · EUVD-2026-80221
Technical & other
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/622477 CVE record · GitLab · Updated 2026-09-16T06:33:26.046Z
NVD · CVE-2026-79708 · Updated 2026-09-28T13:31:22.267