GitLab 18.2 < 18.11.11 / 19.0 < 19.0.8 / 19.1 < 19.1.6 / 19.2 < 19.2.4 (CVE-2026-19650)

high Nessus Plugin ID 337124

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 18.2 before 18.11.11, 19.0 before 19.0.8, 19.1 before 19.1.6, and 19.2 before 19.2.4 that under certain conditions could have allowed an unauthenticated user to execute mutations via GET requests due to improper request validation in GraphQL multiplex query handling. (CVE-2026-19650)

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 18.11.11, 19.0.8, 19.1.6, 19.2.4 or later.

See Also

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/612617

https://hackerone.com/reports/3903669

http://www.nessus.org/u?73148f98

http://www.nessus.org/u?7ee0a255

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 337124

File Name: gitlab_cve-2026-19650.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 8/18/2026

Updated: 8/18/2026

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.2

Percentile: 96.59

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-19650

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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: 8/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/17/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-19650