CVE-2026-85706

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions, an unauthenticated user could have read arbitrary files from the GitLab server due to improper path confinement and missing authentication enforcement in the repository commits API.

CVSS v3 10.0 CRITICAL

10.0^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.8

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/627748	Broken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/3909881	Permissions Required
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-85706	Third Party Advisory US Government Resource

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

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-09-12 03:16

Updated : 2026-09-14 14:22

NVD link : CVE-2026-85706

Mitre link : CVE-2026-85706

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-85706

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gitlab

gitlab

CWE

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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