CVE-2026-8937

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 19.0 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 to read private child issue contents, including titles and descriptions, from projects they had no access to, due to missing authorization checks on linked work items within visible epics.

CVSS 3.1

4.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 13% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-862

Published

2026-09-29

Modified

2026-10-05

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• gitlab:gitlab

References

• https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-1-released/
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/600533
• https://hackerone.com/reports/3702369

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