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CVE-2026-1230: Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference in GitLab

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-03-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-706

Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 1.0 before 18.7.6, 18.8 before 18.8.6, and 18.9 before 18.9.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user to cause repository downloads to contain different code than displayed in the web interface due to incorrect validation of branch references under certain circumstances.

Affected products

• GitLab: from 1.0.0 before 18.7.6; from 18.8.0 before 18.8.6; from 18.9.0 before 18.9.2 — fixed in 18.7.6, 18.8.6, 18.9.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 18.7.6, 18.8.6, 18.9.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/03/11/patch-release-gitlab-18-9-2-released/
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/587002
• https://hackerone.com/reports/3505165

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