# CVE-2026-13113: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in GitLab

> CVE-2026-13113: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in GitLab. CVSS 6.5 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-13113
Last updated: 2026-08-20T13:55:43Z

- Published: 2026-07-29 19:00 UTC · Updated: 2026-08-20 13:55 UTC · Assigner: GitLab
- CVSS: 6.5 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Medium · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS: 0.26%, 17th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-367

## Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.0 before 19.0.5, 19.1 before 19.1.3, and 19.2 before 19.2.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to merge code into a protected branch without the required approvals due to a race condition in approval rule processing.

## Affected vendors and products

- GitLab: GitLab

## Tracked companies

- [GitLab](https://rewindex.com/company/gitlab.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-13113)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-13113)
- [https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-2-1-released/](https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-2-1-released/)
- [https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work\_items/597838](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/597838)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-13113 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-13113.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2026-13113 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:15:11.876Z