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CVE-2026-8472: Missing Authorization in GitLab

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-07-08 · updated 2026-07-10
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.9 before 18.11.7, 19.0 before 19.0.4, and 19.1 before 19.1.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with minimal access permissions to read work item metadata from private projects due to missing authorization checks.

Affected products

• GitLab: from 18.9.0 before 18.11.7; from 19.0.0 before 19.0.4; from 19.1.0 before 19.1.2 — fixed in 18.11.7, 19.0.4, 19.1.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 18.11.7, 19.0.4, 19.1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-1-2-released/
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/599987
• https://hackerone.com/reports/3615282

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