CVE-2026-14341: Missing Authorization in GitLab

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-07-29 · updated 2026-08-03
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 12.8 before 19.0.5, 19.1 before 19.1.3, and 19.2 before 19.2.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with Maintainer role to modify protected branch configuration due to improper authorization in a projects API endpoint.

Affected products

GitLab: from 12.8.0 before 19.0.5; from 19.1.0 before 19.1.3; 19.2.0 — fixed in 19.0.5, 19.1.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 19.0.5, 19.1.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-2-1-released/
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/604665
https://hackerone.com/reports/3807593

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