Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions, an unauthenticated user could have read arbitrary files from the GitLab server due to improper path confinement and missing authentication enforcement in the repository commits API.
Published: 2026-09-12
Score: 10 Critical
EPSS: n/a
KEV: Yes
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to versions 19.1.8, 19.2.6, 19.3.2 or above.

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History

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 03:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions, an unauthenticated user could have read arbitrary files from the GitLab server due to improper path confinement and missing authentication enforcement in the repository commits API.
Title Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in GitLab
First Time appeared Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
Weaknesses CWE-22
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 10, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

kev

{'dateAdded': '2026-09-11T00:00:00+00:00', 'dueDate': '2026-09-14T00:00:00+00:00'}

Subscriptions

Gitlab Gitlab
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-12T03:55:28.239Z

Reserved: 2026-09-04T14:34:20.856Z

Link: CVE-2026-85706

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-12T03:16:30.473

Modified: 2026-09-12T04:16:44.907

Link: CVE-2026-85706

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses