CVE-2026-79708
Received
Received - Intake
Authenticated CI/CD Variable Exposure in GitLab EE
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-79708, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-09-16
Last updated on: 2026-09-16
Assigner: GitLab Inc.
Description
Description
GitLab 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.
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Meta Information
Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| gitlab | gitlab_ee | From 19.0 (inc) to 19.1.8 (exc) |
| gitlab | gitlab_ee | From 19.2 (inc) to 19.2.6 (exc) |
| gitlab | gitlab_ee | From 19.3 (inc) to 19.3.2 (exc) |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| 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. |
