CVE-2026-85706

Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 18.11.12, 19.0 before 19.0.9, 19.1 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions, an unauthenticated user could have read arbitrary files from the GitLab server due to improper path confinement and missing authentication enforcement in the repository commits API.

Scoring

• CVSS: 10 (CRITICAL, 3.1)
• EPSS exploitation probability: Not yet available
• EPSS percentile: Not yet available

CISA KEV status

• Added to KEV: 2026-09-11
• Remediation due date: 2026-09-14
• Known ransomware campaign use: Unknown

Weakness types (CWE)

• CWE-22

References

• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/627748
• https://hackerone.com/reports/3909881
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-85706

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