GitLab 18.11 < 18.11.1 (CVE-2026-5377)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 309672

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 CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.11 before 18.11.1 that could have allowed an authenticated user to access titles of confidential or private issues in public projects due to improper access control in the issue description rendering process. (CVE-2026-5377)

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 18.11.1 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4368cf9f

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/595553

https://hackerone.com/reports/3640688

http://www.nessus.org/u?3863423b

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 309672

File Name: gitlab_cve-2026-5377.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 4/22/2026

Updated: 4/24/2026

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-2026-5377

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: 4/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/22/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-5377

IAVA: 2026-A-0392