CVE-2026-2238: Missing Authorization in GitLab

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 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: 2026-06-25 · updated 2026-06-26
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.5 before 18.11.6, 19.0 before 19.0.3, and 19.1 before 19.1.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an unauthenticated user to view confidential issue references on public projects due to improper authorization checks.

Affected products

GitLab: from 17.5.0 before 18.11.6; from 19.0.0 before 19.0.3; 19.1.0 — fixed in 18.11.6, 19.0.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 18.11.6, 19.0.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-1-1-released/
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/589186
https://hackerone.com/reports/3543011

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