GitLab 16.0 < 19.0.6 / 19.1 < 19.1.4 / 19.2 < 19.2.2 (CVE-2026-4879)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 334976

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 16.0 before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer-role permissions to view external status check configuration restricted to higher-privileged roles due to missing authorization on a merge request API endpoint. (CVE-2026-4879)

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 19.0.6, 19.1.4, 19.2.2 or later.

See Also

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/594839

https://hackerone.com/reports/3622861

http://www.nessus.org/u?02bd2fd6

http://www.nessus.org/u?fe415136

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 334976

File Name: gitlab_cve-2026-4879.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 8/12/2026

Updated: 8/12/2026

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

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-2026-4879

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: 8/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/12/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-4879