CVE-2026-4879

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.0 before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer-role permissions to view external status check configuration restricted to higher-privileged roles due to missing authorization on a merge request API endpoint.

CVSS v3 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

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-19-2-2-released/	Release Notes
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/594839	Broken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/3622861	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:::::enterprise:::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-08-12 20:17

Updated : 2026-08-19 16:43

NVD link : CVE-2026-4879

Mitre link : CVE-2026-4879

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-4879

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gitlab

gitlab

CWE

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

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