GitLab EE Work Item Metadata Exposure via Missing Authorization

Publication date: 2026-07-08

Last updated on: 2026-07-08

Assigner: GitLab Inc.

Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.9 before 18.11.7, 19.0 before 19.0.4, and 19.1 before 19.1.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with minimal access permissions to read work item metadata from private projects due to missing authorization checks.

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Meta Information

Published

2026-07-08

Last Modified

2026-07-08

Generated

2026-07-09

AI Q&A

2026-07-09

EPSS Evaluated

N/A

NVD

CVE-2026-8472

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
gitlab	gitlab_ee	From 18.9 (inc) to 18.11.7 (exc)
gitlab	gitlab_ee	From 19.0 (inc) to 19.0.4 (exc)
gitlab	gitlab_ee	From 19.1 (inc) to 19.1.2 (exc)

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-862	The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability in GitLab EE affects versions from 18.9 before 18.11.7, 19.0 before 19.0.4, and 19.1 before 19.1.2. Under certain conditions, it allows an authenticated user with minimal access permissions to read work item metadata from private projects. This happens because of missing authorization checks that should have prevented such access.

Impact Analysis

The impact of this vulnerability is that an authenticated user with minimal permissions could access sensitive metadata related to work items in private projects. Although the vulnerability does not allow modification or deletion, the unauthorized disclosure of metadata could lead to information leakage, potentially exposing confidential project details.

Mitigation Strategies

To mitigate this vulnerability, you should upgrade GitLab EE to a fixed version. Specifically, update to version 18.11.7 or later if you are running any 18.9 to before 18.11.7 versions, 19.0.4 or later if running 19.0 before 19.0.4, or 19.1.2 or later if running 19.1 before 19.1.2.

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