Medium severity · published Sep 16, 2026
CVE-2026-86341
Access Control Check Implemented After Asset is Accessed in GitLab
4.4
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.1 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions, an authenticated user with Owner or Maintainer permissions could have silently disabled protected environment deployment approval requirements, allowing unapproved deployments to reach production, due to improper access control checks performed after the protected resource was modified.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 30% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
GitLab · GitLab
17.1 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-2026-86341
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-86341
Release Notes
https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-3-2-released/
Broken Link
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/600088
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