GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.2 before 18.9.6, 18.10 before 18.10.4, and 18.11 before 18.11.1 that could have allowed a user to use invalidated or incorrectly scoped credentials to access Virtual Registries under certain conditions.
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/595993
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/04/22/patch-release-gitlab-18-11-1-released/