{"id":"CVE-2026-16301","title":"GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.5, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an authenticated user with Developer role to exe…","summary":"GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.5, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an authenticated user with Developer role to exe…","severity":"high","cvss":8.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N","cwe":["CWE-863"],"published":"2026-10-13","updated":"2026-10-13","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-13T02:16:58.583","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16301","references":[{"url":"https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-2-released/","label":"cve@gitlab.com"},{"url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/606501","label":"cve@gitlab.com"},{"url":"https://hackerone.com/reports/3853866","label":"cve@gitlab.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-13T03:13:18.994Z","slug":"CVE-2026-16301","body":"## Overview\n\nGitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.5, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an authenticated user with Developer role to execute CI/CD pipelines on protected branches without authorization due to improper authorization checks in the downstream pipeline creation service.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":47,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":46.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}