# CVE-2026-5173: Exposed Dangerous Method or Function in GitLab

> CVE-2026-5173: Exposed Dangerous Method or Function in GitLab. CVSS 8.5 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-5173
Last updated: 2026-07-24T20:10:00Z

- Published: 2026-04-08 22:25 UTC · Updated: 2026-07-24 20:10 UTC · Assigner: GitLab
- CVSS: 8.5 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
- EPSS: 0.43%, 37th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-749

## Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.9.6 before 18.8.9, 18.9 before 18.9.5, and 18.10 before 18.10.3 that could have allowed an authenticated user to invoke unintended server-side methods through websocket connections due to improper access control.

## 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-2026-5173)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5173)
- [https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/04/08/patch-release-gitlab-18-10-3-released/](https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/04/08/patch-release-gitlab-18-10-3-released/)
- [https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work\_items/588959](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/588959)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-5173 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-5173.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2026-5173 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:06:22.472Z