CVE-2026-86341
Received
Received - Intake
Authenticated User Privilege Escalation in GitLab EE
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-86341, 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 17.1 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions, an authenticated user with Owner or Maintainer permissions could have silently disabled protected environment deployment approval requirements, allowing unapproved deployments to reach production, due to improper access control checks performed after the protected resource was modified.
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Meta Information
Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| gitlab | gitlab_ee | From 17.1 (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-1280 | A product's hardware-based access control check occurs after the asset has been accessed. |
