{"id":"CVE-2026-16301","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-16301","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:57:59.358Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2026-10-13T02:16:59.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-14T20:17:35.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"cve@gitlab.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-863"],"affected":["gitlab/gitlab"],"epss":{"score":0.00335,"percentile":0.26656,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-10-13","score":0.00225,"percentile":0.12243}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-13T02:16:59.000Z","detail":{"score":"8.5","severity":"HIGH","publishedAt":"2026-10-13T02:16:58.583Z"},"summary":"New CVE, high severity (CVSS 8.5)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-2-released/","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@gitlab.com"},{"url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/606501","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"cve@gitlab.com"},{"url":"https://hackerone.com/reports/3853866","tags":["Permissions Required"],"source":"cve@gitlab.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16301","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}