GitLab 16.7 < 18.6.6 / 18.7 < 18.7.4 / 18.8 < 18.8.4 (CVE-2026-1080)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 298861

Synopsis

The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability, as follows:

- GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.7 before 18.6.6, 18.7 before 18.7.4, and 18.8 before 18.8.4 that, under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to access iteration data from private descendant groups by querying the iterations API endpoint.
(CVE-2026-1080)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to GitLab version 18.6.6, 18.7.4, 18.8.4 or later.

See Also

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/586477

https://hackerone.com/reports/3484568

http://www.nessus.org/u?4f9ebcb7

http://www.nessus.org/u?1645b5ee

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 298861

File Name: gitlab_cve-2026-1080.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 2/12/2026

Updated: 2/12/2026

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-1080

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:gitlab:gitlab

Required KB Items: installed_sw/GitLab

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/11/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-1080