GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.9.6 before 18.8.9, 18.9 before 18.9.5, and 18.10 before 18.10.3 that could have allowed an authenticated user to invoke unintended server-side methods through websocket connections due to improper access control.
History

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:45:00 +0000

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Description GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.9.6 before 18.8.9, 18.9 before 18.9.5, and 18.10 before 18.10.3 that could have allowed an authenticated user to invoke unintended server-side methods through websocket connections due to improper access control.
Title Exposed Dangerous Method or Function in GitLab
First Time appeared Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
Weaknesses CWE-749
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T22:25:12.946Z

Reserved: 2026-03-30T16:33:59.755Z

Link: CVE-2026-5173

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-08T23:17:00.220

Modified: 2026-04-08T23:17:00.220

Link: CVE-2026-5173

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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