CVE-2026-16494

7.1 highEPSS 0.4%

High (7.1) in gitlab gitlab. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 19.1 before 19.1.4 and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to modify project settings restricted to higher-privileged roles, due to missing authorization checks on a project update endpoint.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.1 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 36% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-862
Published: 2026-08-12
Modified: 2026-08-19
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

gitlab:gitlab

References

https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-2-2-released/
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/606580
https://hackerone.com/reports/3775445

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