Low 3.1Published Oct 21, 2026

CVE-2026-14288Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference in GitLab

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 8:30 AM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.4 before 19.3.6, 19.4 before 19.4.3, and 19.5 before 19.5.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated to bypass a required merge request approval policy on a protected branch due to improper access control during approval rule synchronization.

CVSS: 3.1 LOW (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-706
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitLab
NVD analysis: Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated: Oct 21, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 21, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

GitLab GitLab gitlab:gitlab	from 17.4 before 19.3.6; from 19.4 before 19.4.3; from 19.5 before 19.5.1	CNA record

References

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/604630
https://hackerone.com/reports/3797008	technical-description, exploit, permissions-required
https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-5-1-released/

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