MajorCritical vulnerability
CVE-2026-16301 (CVSS 8.5)
NVD · officialPublished Oct 13, 2026Risk 37/100
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 execute CI/CD pipelines on protected branches without authorization due to improper authorization checks in the downstream pipeline creation service.
Technical details
CVSS
8.5
AV:NetworkAC:LowPR:LowUI:NoneC:LowI:HighA:None
Evidence and sources
This record is attributed to NVD. Exploitation status and remediation guidance are kept separate from the vulnerability's technical severity.
Open primary source