Detections
Analytics
GitLab 17.1 < 19.1.8 / 19.2 < 19.2.6 / 19.3 < 19.3.2 (CVE-2026-86341)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 346274
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 17.1 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions, an authenticated user with Owner or Maintainer permissions could have silently disabled protected environment deployment approval requirements, allowing unapproved deployments to reach production, due to improper access control checks performed after the protected resource was modified. (CVE-2026-86341)
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 19.1.8, 19.2.6, 19.3.2 or later.See Also
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/600088
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 346274
File Name: gitlab_cve-2026-86341.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Combined
Agent: unix
Family: CGI abuses
Published: 9/16/2026
Updated: 9/16/2026
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: 4.3
Percentile: 53.41
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.6
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:M/C:N/I:C/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-86341
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.4
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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: 9/16/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/13/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-86341