CVE-2026-16275

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.4 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 unauthenticated user to read confidential notes on public projects due to incorrect authorization checks.

CVSS v3 5.3 MEDIUM

5.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-2-released/	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/606490	Issue Tracking
https://hackerone.com/reports/3815259	Permissions Required

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

14 Oct 2026, 23:47

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::* cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
First Time		Gitlab Gitlab gitlab
References	~~() https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-2-released/ -~~	() https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-2-released/ - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References	~~() https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/606490 -~~	() https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/606490 - Issue Tracking
References	~~() https://hackerone.com/reports/3815259 -~~	() https://hackerone.com/reports/3815259 - Permissions Required

13 Oct 2026, 02:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-10-13 02:16

Updated : 2026-10-14 23:47

NVD link : CVE-2026-16275

Mitre link : CVE-2026-16275

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-16275

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gitlab

gitlab

CWE

CWE-863

Incorrect Authorization

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