CVE-2026-16301: high-severity vulnerability in GitLab
Incorrect Authorization in GitLab
Published · Updated
41Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendcvss 8.5epss 0.3%
exploitation probability
0.3%top 73% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
1 public exploit(s)
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 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 with Developer role to execute CI/CD pipelines on protected branches without authorization due to improper authorization checks in the downstream pipeline creation service.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
Affected products
GitLab · GitLabpublic PoCs found — 1
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