CVE-2026-92874 (GCVE-0-2026-92874)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-23 23:04 – Updated: 2026-09-23 23:04
VLAI
Title
Incorrect Authorization in GitLab
Summary
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.3 before 19.2.7, 19.3 before 19.3.3, and 19.4 before 19.4.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with an MCP-scoped token to perform actions beyond the intended scope of that token due to improper authorization checks.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
GitLab GitLab Affected: 18.3 , < 19.2.7 (semver)
Affected: 19.3 , < 19.3.3 (semver)
Affected: 19.4 , < 19.4.1 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
This vulnerability has been discovered internally by GitLab team member Amr Taha
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