GitLab 19.1 < 19.1.7 / 19.2 < 19.2.5 / 19.3 < 19.3.1 (CVE-2026-15387)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 340156

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 19.1 before 19.1.7, 19.2 before 19.2.5, and 19.3 before 19.3.1 that, under certain conditions, an authenticated user with developer-role permissions could have influenced the execution environment of Pipeline Execution Policy enforcement jobs, due to improper handling of job dependencies. (CVE-2026-15387)

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 19.1.7, 19.2.5, 19.3.1 or later.

See Also

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/605632

https://hackerone.com/reports/3754358

http://www.nessus.org/u?ade817ae

http://www.nessus.org/u?cdea0b63

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 340156

File Name: gitlab_cve-2026-15387.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 8/26/2026

Updated: 8/26/2026

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: 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:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-15387

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: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: 8/26/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/26/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-15387