GitLab 7.0 < 18.11.13 / 19.0 < 19.0.10 / 19.1 < 19.1.9 / 19.2 < 19.2.9 / 19.3 < 19.3.6 / 19.4 < 19.4.3 / 19.5 < 19.5.1 (CVE-2026-110264)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 370163

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:

- An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 7.0 before 18.11.13, 19.0 before 19.0.10, 19.1 before 19.1.9, 19.2 before 19.2.9, 19.3 before 19.3.6, 19.4 before 19.4.3, and 19.5 before 19.5.1 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary code on the GitLab server due to integer overflow when compiling a specially crafted regular expression.
(CVE-2026-110264)

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 18.11.13, 19.0.10, 19.1.9, 19.2.9, 19.3.6, 19.4.3, 19.5.1 or later.

See Also

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/633633

https://hackerone.com/reports/4093475

http://www.nessus.org/u?5879fe68

http://www.nessus.org/u?b7e9739c

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 370163

File Name: gitlab_cve-2026-110264.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 10/21/2026

Updated: 10/21/2026

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: 5

Percentile: 93

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-110264

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

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: 10/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/22/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-110264