High severity · published Sep 16, 2026
CVE-2026-79708
Incorrect Authorization in GitLab
8.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 19.0 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer permissions to execute a policy test pipeline on projects within their group and access protected CI/CD variables restricted to higher-privileged roles, due to insufficient scope validation.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 32% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
GitLab · GitLab
19.0 before 19.1.8; 19.2 before 19.2.6; 19.3 before 19.3.2 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79708
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-79708
Release Notes
https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-3-2-released/
Issue Tracking
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/622477
Permissions Required
https://hackerone.com/reports/3873243
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