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GitLab 16.10 < 18.11.7 / 19.0 < 19.0.4 / 19.1 < 19.1.2 (CVE-2026-13151)

low Nessus Plugin ID 325817

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 16.10 before 18.11.7, 19.0 before 19.0.4, and 19.1 before 19.1.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to modify group-level settings beyond their intended permissions due to improper authorization controls.
 (CVE-2026-13151)

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 18.11.7, 19.0.4, 19.1.2 or later.

See Also

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/598813

http://www.nessus.org/u?04395137

http://www.nessus.org/u?70b1c455

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 325817

File Name: gitlab_cve-2026-13151.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 7/9/2026

Updated: 7/9/2026

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-13151

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.7

Temporal Score: 2.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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: 7/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-13151