CVE-2026-16494

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 19.1 before 19.1.4 and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to modify project settings restricted to higher-privileged roles, due to missing authorization checks on a project update endpoint.

CVSS v3 7.1 HIGH

7.1^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 4.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-2-2-released/	Release Notes
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/606580	Broken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/3775445	Permissions Required

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-08-12 20:17

Updated : 2026-08-19 16:32

NVD link : CVE-2026-16494

Mitre link : CVE-2026-16494

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-16494

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gitlab

gitlab

CWE

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

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