CVE-2026-4398: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in GitLab
Medium · CVSS 5.4 (CVSS 3.1)EPSS 0.24%, 15th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: GitLab
Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.3 before 19.1.7, 19.2 before 19.2.5, and 19.3 before 19.3.1 that, under certain conditions, an authenticated user could have assigned compliance frameworks from namespaces they were not authorized to access to their own project, due to missing namespace validation on self-managed instances.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N · CWE-639
Tracked companies
Mapped from the CVE’s affected-product data, NVD CPE matches, vendor advisories or package feeds. A mapping means the vendor’s software is named, not that its hosted service was exposed.
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
GitLab: GitLab
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-3-1-released/ (opens in new tab)
- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/600360 (opens in new tab)
- hackerone.com/reports/3549150 (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)