CVE-2026-81839

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.1 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 execute arbitrary CI/CD pipelines in a transferred project with the new group's privileges due to improper cleanup of scheduled pipeline execution policy records.

CVSS v3 7.7 HIGH

7.7^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.3 / Impact : 5.8

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

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/624150	Issue Tracking
https://hackerone.com/reports/3925062	Permissions Required

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

14 Oct 2026, 14:07

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		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/624150 -~~	() https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/624150 - Issue Tracking
References	~~() https://hackerone.com/reports/3925062 -~~	() https://hackerone.com/reports/3925062 - 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 14:07

NVD link : CVE-2026-81839

Mitre link : CVE-2026-81839

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-81839

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gitlab

gitlab

CWE

CWE-863

Incorrect Authorization

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