High severity · published Oct 13, 2026
CVE-2026-81839
Incorrect Authorization in GitLab
7.7
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.1 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 to execute arbitrary CI/CD pipelines in a transferred project with the new group's privileges due to improper cleanup of scheduled pipeline execution policy records.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 20% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
GitLab · GitLab
18.1 before 19.2.8; 19.3 before 19.3.5; 19.4 before 19.4.2 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-81839
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-81839
gitlab.com
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/624150
technical-description
https://hackerone.com/reports/3925062
docs.gitlab.com
https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-2-released/
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