CVE-2026-14288

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.4 before 19.3.6, 19.4 before 19.4.3, and 19.5 before 19.5.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated to bypass a required merge request approval policy on a protected branch due to improper access control during approval rule synchronization.

CVSS v3 3.1 LOW

3.1^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.6 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-5-1-released/	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/604630	Permissions Required
https://hackerone.com/reports/3797008	Permissions Required

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:19.5.0::::enterprise:::

History

29 Oct 2026, 19:52

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Gitlab Gitlab gitlab
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:19.5.0::::enterprise::: cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
References	~~() https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-5-1-released/ -~~	() https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-5-1-released/ - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References	~~() https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/604630 -~~	() https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/604630 - Permissions Required
References	~~() https://hackerone.com/reports/3797008 -~~	() https://hackerone.com/reports/3797008 - Permissions Required

22 Oct 2026, 01:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-10-22 01:16

Updated : 2026-10-30 18:17

NVD link : CVE-2026-14288

Mitre link : CVE-2026-14288

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-14288

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gitlab

gitlab

CWE

CWE-706

Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference

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