Medium severity · published Oct 13, 2026
CVE-2026-92528
Incorrect Authorization in GitLab
4.2
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.11 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 approve a merge request despite having contributed commits to it, due to improper identity resolution.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
GitLab · GitLab
16.11 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-2026-92528
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-92528
gitlab.com
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/606772
docs.gitlab.com
https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-2-released/
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