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CVE-2026-9268

CVE-2026-9268MEDIUM

GitLab GitLab — Incorrect Authorization in GitLab

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   L   N  U  N  L  N    4.3   .0018    7.5     —

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  GitLab   13.6 –    —

TIMELINE
  May 22  Reserved by GitLab
  Oct 13  Published (CNA: GitLab)
  Oct 14  EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-9268 (GitLab). Public exploit reference added.
  Oct 14  RESCORED — CVE-2026-9268 (GitLab). CVSS 2.7 → 4.3 (NVD).

CWE-863 · CNA: GitLab · CVSS v3.1 · 3 references · NVD status: Analyzed

Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 13.6 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 limited permissions to modify project CI/CD deployment rollback settings without proper authorization, due to insufficient access control checks.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 4 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
May 22, 2026	Reserved	Reserved by GitLab
October 13, 2026	Published	Published (CNA: GitLab)
October 14, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-9268 (GitLab). Public exploit reference added.
October 14, 2026	RESCORED	RESCORED — CVE-2026-9268 (GitLab). CVSS 2.7 → 4.3 (NVD).

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
GitLab	GitLab	—	13.6	—

Weaknesses

CWE-863

References (3)

https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-2-released/ [Release Notes, Vendor Advisory]
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/600934 [Issue Tracking]
https://hackerone.com/reports/3687442 [Permissions Required]

Authoritative record: CVE-2026-9268 at cve.org

Vendors: gitlab

Weaknesses: CWE-863

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