CVE-2026-5173: high-severity vulnerability in GitLab
Exposed Dangerous Method or Function in GitLab
Published · Updated
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.5epss 0.4%
exploitation probability
0.4%top 72% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.9.6 before 18.8.9, 18.9 before 18.9.5, and 18.10 before 18.10.3 that could have allowed an authenticated user to invoke unintended server-side methods through websocket connections due to improper access control.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Affected products
GitLab · GitLabRelated CVEs — GitLab
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