CVE-2026-16494
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 19.1 before 19.1.4 and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to modify project settings restricted to higher-privileged roles,…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.33%). 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 EE affecting all versions from 19.1 before 19.1.4 and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to modify project settings restricted to higher-privileged roles, due to missing authorization checks on a project update endpoint.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
- EPSS
- 0.33% probability · 26th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Affected
- gitlab/gitlab
- Source
- cve@gitlab.com
References
- https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-2-2-released/Release Notes
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/606580Broken Link
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3775445Permissions Required
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.