Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.2 before 18.8.9, 18.9 before 18.9.5, and 18.10 before 18.10.3 that could have allowed an authenticated user with custom role permissions to demote or remove higher-privileged group members due to improper authorization checks on member management operations.
Published: 2026-04-08
Score: 2.7 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Unauthorized Privilege Escalation
Action: Immediate Patch
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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to versions 18.8.9, 18.9.5, 18.10.3 or above.

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History

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.2 before 18.8.9, 18.9 before 18.9.5, and 18.10 before 18.10.3 that could have allowed an authenticated user with custom role permissions to demote or remove higher-privileged group members due to improper authorization checks on member management operations.
Title Missing Authorization in GitLab
First Time appeared Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
Weaknesses CWE-862
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 2.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-09T13:05:54.501Z

Reserved: 2026-03-26T17:33:30.367Z

Link: CVE-2026-4916

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-09T13:05:50.613Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-08T23:17:00.053

Modified: 2026-04-16T12:59:19.163

Link: CVE-2026-4916

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-09T08:25:41Z

Weaknesses