GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 19.2 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 unauthenticated user to read internal notes and confidential system notes on public projects due to improper authorization in the GraphQL API.
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Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to versions 19.2.8, 19.3.5, 19.4.2 or above.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 01:30:00 +0000

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Description GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 19.2 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 unauthenticated user to read internal notes and confidential system notes on public projects due to improper authorization in the GraphQL API.
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': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-13T01:06:16.164Z

Reserved: 2026-09-04T08:37:17.567Z

Link: CVE-2026-85529

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-13T02:17:00.317

Modified: 2026-10-13T02:17:00.317

Link: CVE-2026-85529

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-13T04:00:15Z

Weaknesses