GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 12.0 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 to bypass IP-based access restrictions and read limited merge request information from a private project due to missing authorization checks in a merge requests API endpoint.
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Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to versions 19.0.6, 19.1.4, 19.2.2 or above.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

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

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

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Wed, 12 Aug 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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Description GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 12.0 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 to bypass IP-based access restrictions and read limited merge request information from a private project due to missing authorization checks in a merge requests API endpoint.
Title Missing Authorization in GitLab
First Time appeared Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
Weaknesses CWE-862
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-13T15:31:22.901Z

Reserved: 2026-04-21T19:34:30.369Z

Link: CVE-2026-6821

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-13T15:29:21.352Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-08-12T20:17:49.327

Modified: 2026-08-19T16:43:17.313

Link: CVE-2026-6821

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-12T23:15:03Z

Weaknesses