# CVE-2026-5796: Incorrect Authorization in GitLab

> CVE-2026-5796: Incorrect Authorization in GitLab. CVSS 4.3 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-5796
Last updated: 2026-06-26T18:39:25Z

- Published: 2026-06-25 04:34 UTC · Updated: 2026-06-26 18:39 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: 0.39%, 33th 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 13.6 before 18.11.6, 19.0 before 19.0.3, and 19.1 before 19.1.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with Reporter-level group permissions to view package metadata from projects with the Package Registry disabled due to incorrect authorization checks in the group packages feature.

## 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-2026-5796)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5796)
- [https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-1-1-released/](https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-1-1-released/)
- [https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work\_items/596035](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/596035)
- [https://hackerone.com/reports/3646902](https://hackerone.com/reports/3646902)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-5796 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-5796.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2026-5796 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:10:10.124Z