CVE-2026-16494CWE-862broken-access-control

CVE-2026-16494

High · published August 13, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
35.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 19.1 before 19.1.4 and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to modify project settings restricted to higher-privileged roles, due to missing authorization checks on a project update endpoint.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00425 · 35.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
Published
2026-08-13T00:17Z
Affected products (2)
ProductVersionsFixed in
gitlab/gitlab≥ 19.1.0, < 19.1.419.1.4
gitlab/gitlab≥ 19.2.0, < 19.2.219.2.2
References (3)
https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-2-2-released/ · [email protected]https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/606580 · [email protected]https://hackerone.com/reports/3775445 · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 AUG 19:04Z
    Missing Authorization in GitLab
    cvelistv5