CVE-2026-16301
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.5, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an authenticated user with Developer role to execute CI/CD…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.34%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.5, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an authenticated user with Developer role to execute CI/CD pipelines on protected branches without authorization due to improper authorization checks in the downstream pipeline creation service.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.34% probability · 27th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-863
- Affected
- gitlab/gitlab
- Source
- cve@gitlab.com
EPSS moved from 0.2% on 13 October 2026 to 0.3% on 26 October 2026.
References
- https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-2-released/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/606501Issue Tracking
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3853866Permissions Required
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.