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CVE-2026-14288: Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference in GitLab

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.1 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: 2026-10-21 · updated 2026-10-30
• Weakness: CWE-706

Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.4 before 19.3.6, 19.4 before 19.4.3, and 19.5 before 19.5.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated to bypass a required merge request approval policy on a protected branch due to improper access control during approval rule synchronization.

Affected products

• GitLab: from 17.4.0 before 19.3.6; from 19.4.0 before 19.4.3; 19.5.0 (and their updates) — fixed in 19.3.6, 19.4.3
• GitLab: from 17.4 before 19.3.6; from 19.4 before 19.4.3; from 19.5 before 19.5.1 — fixed in 19.3.6, 19.4.3, 19.5.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 19.3.6, 19.4.3; GitLab 19.3.6, 19.4.3, 19.5.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-5-1-released/
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/604630
• https://hackerone.com/reports/3797008

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