GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that,… (CVE-2026-85706)
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions, an unauthenticated user could have read arbitrary files from the GitLab server due to improper path confinement and missing authentication enforcement in the repository commits API.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-85706 is a critical security flaw in GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions affecting versions from 18.7 up to but not including 19.1.8, 19.2 up to but not including 19.2.6, and 19.3 up to but not including 19.3.2. The vulnerability arises from improper path confinement and lack of authentication enforcement in the repository commits API, enabling unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files on the server under certain conditions.
Potential Impact
An unauthenticated attacker can read arbitrary files on the GitLab server, potentially exposing sensitive information. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 10.0, indicating critical severity with high confidentiality and integrity impact but no availability impact. This could lead to significant data exposure and compromise of system confidentiality and integrity.
Mitigation Recommendations
GitLab has remediated this issue in versions 19.1.8, 19.2.6, and 19.3.2 and later. Users should upgrade affected GitLab CE/EE instances to these fixed versions or later to mitigate this vulnerability. No additional mitigations are specified.
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that,… (CVE-2026-85706)
Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions, an unauthenticated user could have read arbitrary files from the GitLab server due to improper path confinement and missing authentication enforcement in the repository commits API.
CVSS v3.1
Score 10.0critical
Affected software
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Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-85706 is a critical security flaw in GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions affecting versions from 18.7 up to but not including 19.1.8, 19.2 up to but not including 19.2.6, and 19.3 up to but not including 19.3.2. The vulnerability arises from improper path confinement and lack of authentication enforcement in the repository commits API, enabling unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files on the server under certain conditions.
Potential Impact
An unauthenticated attacker can read arbitrary files on the GitLab server, potentially exposing sensitive information. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 10.0, indicating critical severity with high confidentiality and integrity impact but no availability impact. This could lead to significant data exposure and compromise of system confidentiality and integrity.
Mitigation Recommendations
GitLab has remediated this issue in versions 19.1.8, 19.2.6, and 19.3.2 and later. Users should upgrade affected GitLab CE/EE instances to these fixed versions or later to mitigate this vulnerability. No additional mitigations are specified.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- GHSA-f47w-mrg9-g9p2
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.4.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-85706"]
- Database Specific Severity
- CRITICAL
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
Threat ID: 6aa5f00355bf5e2cf5ef7cd3
Added to database: 09/13/2026, 00:36:19 UTC
Last enriched: 09/13/2026, 00:40:31 UTC
Last updated: 09/13/2026, 03:19:41 UTC
Views: 7
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