CVE-2026-16301

high

Description

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 execute CI/CD pipelines on protected branches without authorization due to improper authorization checks in the downstream pipeline creation service.

References

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-13

Updated: 2026-10-14

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:C/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00225