# CVE-2026-5377: Incorrect Authorization in GitLab

> CVE-2026-5377: Incorrect Authorization in GitLab. CVSS 4.3 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-5377
Last updated: 2026-06-17T10:58:55Z

- Published: 2026-04-22 16:04 UTC · Updated: 2026-06-17 10:58 UTC · Assigner: GitLab
- CVSS: 4.3 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Medium · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- EPSS: 0.26%, 17th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-863

## Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.11 before 18.11.1 that could have allowed an authenticated user to access titles of confidential or private issues in public projects due to improper access control in the issue description rendering process.

## 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-2026-5377)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5377)
- [https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/04/22/patch-release-gitlab-18-11-1-released/](https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/04/22/patch-release-gitlab-18-11-1-released/)
- [https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work\_items/595553](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/595553)
- [https://hackerone.com/reports/3640688](https://hackerone.com/reports/3640688)

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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-2026-5377 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-5377.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2026-5377 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:09:25.526Z