GitLab 18.6 < 18.11.6 / 19.0 < 19.0.3 / 19.1 < 19.1.1 (CVE-2026-5309)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 322748

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 18.6 before 18.11.6, 19.0 before 19.0.3, and 19.1 before 19.1.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to read or modify another group's virtual registry cleanup policy settings without authorization.
(CVE-2026-5309)

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 18.11.6, 19.0.3, 19.1.1 or later.

See Also

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/595468

https://hackerone.com/reports/3628793

http://www.nessus.org/u?39396a55

http://www.nessus.org/u?3f25dd23

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 322748

File Name: gitlab_cve-2026-5309.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 6/25/2026

Updated: 6/25/2026

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-5309

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/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: 6/25/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/25/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-5309