CVE-2026-18433
Received Received - Intake

Incorrect Authorization in GitLab EE Allowing Unauthorized Policy Configuration Access

Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-18433, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-08-12

Last updated on: 2026-08-12

Assigner: GitLab Inc.

Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 19.1 before 19.1.4 and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to read policy configuration belonging to a namespace they were not authorized to access, due to incorrect authorization checks in a GraphQL query.

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Published
2026-08-12
Last Modified
2026-08-12
Generated
2026-08-13
EPSS Evaluated
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Affected Vendors & Products

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gitlab gitlab_ee From 19.1 (inc) to 19.1.4 (exc)
gitlab gitlab_ee From 19.2 (inc) to 19.2.2 (exc)

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CWE ID Description
CWE-863 The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check.

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