CVE-2026-16494

Missing Authorization in GitLab

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 19.1 before 19.1.4 and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to modify project settings restricted to higher-privileged roles, due to missing authorization checks on a project update endpoint.

Affected

GitLab

CVSS v3.1 GITLAB

7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

EPSS

0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 35th percentile

Published

2026-08-12

Updated

2026-08-13

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://hackerone.com/reports/3775445

Security advisories

• https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-2-2-released

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry