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CVE-2026-6976: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in GitLab

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.7 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: 2026-06-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-639

Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.9 before 18.10.8, 18.11 before 18.11.5, and 19.0 before 19.0.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer-role permissions to hide changes from merge request diff views due to improper input handling of file names.

Affected products

• GitLab: from 15.9.0 before 18.10.8; from 18.11.0 before 18.11.5; from 19.0.0 before 19.0.2 — fixed in 18.10.8, 18.11.5, 19.0.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 18.10.8, 18.11.5, 19.0.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/06/10/patch-release-gitlab-19-0-2-released/
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/598165
• https://hackerone.com/reports/3638136

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