# CVE-2026-79708: Incorrect Authorization in GitLab

> CVE-2026-79708: Incorrect Authorization in GitLab. CVSS 8.5 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-79708
Last updated: 2026-09-28T13:31:22Z

- Published: 2026-09-16 06:33 UTC · Updated: 2026-09-28 13:31 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:L/I:H/A:N
- EPSS: 0.38%, 32th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-863

## Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 19.0 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer permissions to execute a policy test pipeline on projects within their group and access protected CI/CD variables restricted to higher-privileged roles, due to insufficient scope validation.

## 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-2026-79708)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79708)
- [https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-3-2-released/](https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-3-2-released/)
- [https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work\_items/622477](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/622477)
- [https://hackerone.com/reports/3873243](https://hackerone.com/reports/3873243)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-79708 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-79708.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2026-79708 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:01:00.711Z