CVE-2026-6883 (GCVE-0-2026-6883)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-14 05:33 – Updated: 2026-05-14 13:14
VLAI?
Title
Missing Authorization in GitLab
Summary
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 15.7 before 18.9.7, 18.10 before 18.10.6, and 18.11 before 18.11.3 that could have allowed an authenticated user to bypass merge request approval requirements due to improper cleanup of orphaned policy records.
Severity ?
2.6 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Affected: 15.7 , < 18.9.7 (semver)
Affected: 18.10 , < 18.10.6 (semver)
Affected: 18.11 , < 18.11.3 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
This vulnerability has been discovered internally by GitLab team member Alan (Maciej) Paruszewski
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