CVE-2026-85706
Received
Received - Intake
Path Traversal in GitLab CE/EE via Repository Commits API
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-85706, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-09-12
Last updated on: 2026-09-12
Assigner: GitLab Inc.
Description
Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions, an unauthenticated user could have read arbitrary files from the GitLab server due to improper path confinement and missing authentication enforcement in the repository commits API.
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Meta Information
Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| gitlab | gitlab_ce | From 18.7 (inc) to 19.1.8 (exc) |
| gitlab | gitlab_ee | From 18.7 (inc) to 19.1.8 (exc) |
| gitlab | gitlab_ce | From 19.2.0 (inc) to 19.2.6 (exc) |
| gitlab | gitlab_ee | From 19.2.0 (inc) to 19.2.6 (exc) |
| gitlab | gitlab_ce | From 19.3.0 (inc) to 19.3.2 (exc) |
| gitlab | gitlab_ee | From 19.3.0 (inc) to 19.3.2 (exc) |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-22 | The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. |
