{"id":"CVE-2026-16301","title":"GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.5, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an authenticated user with Developer role to exe…","summary":"GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.5, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an authenticated user with Developer role to exe…","severity":"high","cvss":8.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N","cwe":["CWE-863"],"vendor":"gitlab","product":"gitlab","affected":["gitlab >= 18.7.0, < 19.2.8","gitlab >= 19.3.0, < 19.3.5","gitlab >= 19.4.0, < 19.4.2"],"patched":["gitlab 19.4.2"],"published":"2026-10-13","updated":"2026-10-14","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-14T20:17:34.980","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16301","references":[{"url":"https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-2-released/","label":"cve@gitlab.com"},{"url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/606501","label":"cve@gitlab.com"},{"url":"https://hackerone.com/reports/3853866","label":"cve@gitlab.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00335,"epssPercentile":0.26715,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-13T03:13:18.994Z","ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-10-14T19:25:30.214475Z"},"slug":"CVE-2026-16301","body":"## Overview\n\nGitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.5, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an authenticated user with Developer role to execute CI/CD pipelines on protected branches without authorization due to improper authorization checks in the downstream pipeline creation service.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `gitlab >= 18.7.0, < 19.2.8`\n- `gitlab >= 19.3.0, < 19.3.5`\n- `gitlab >= 19.4.0, < 19.4.2`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `gitlab 19.4.2`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":47,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":46.8,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}