GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 19.0 before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer-role permissions to execute CI/CD pipelines on a protected branch without the required push permissions due to improper authorization in pipeline reference validation.
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Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to versions 19.0.6, 19.1.4, 19.2.2 or above.


Workaround

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History

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:15:00 +0000

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Description GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 19.0 before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer-role permissions to execute CI/CD pipelines on a protected branch without the required push permissions due to improper authorization in pipeline reference validation.
Title Incorrect Authorization in GitLab
First Time appeared Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
Weaknesses CWE-863
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-13T14:57:10.045Z

Reserved: 2026-07-10T15:40:05.160Z

Link: CVE-2026-15423

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-13T14:57:06.779Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-08-12T18:17:23.820

Modified: 2026-08-19T16:44:22.503

Link: CVE-2026-15423

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-13T00:00:09Z

Weaknesses