---
id: CVE-2026-81839
title: >-
  GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.1
  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 to execute arbitrary
  CI/CD pi…
summary: >-
  GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.1
  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 to execute arbitrary
  CI/CD pi…
severity: high
cvss: 7.7
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-863
published: '2026-10-13'
updated: '2026-10-13'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-13T02:16:59.927'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-81839'
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/624150'
    label: cve@gitlab.com
  - url: 'https://hackerone.com/reports/3925062'
    label: cve@gitlab.com
tags:
  - nvd
ingestedAt: '2026-10-13T03:13:18.997Z'
---

## Overview

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.1 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 to execute arbitrary CI/CD pipelines in a transferred project with the new group's privileges due to improper cleanup of scheduled pipeline execution policy records.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.