CVE-2026-7487

Access Control Check Implemented After Asset is Accessed in GitLab

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 13.1 before 19.1.7, 19.2 before 19.2.5, and 19.3 before 19.3.1 that, under certain conditions, an authenticated user with reporter-role permissions who authored a merge request could have reset merge request approval rules due to improper authorization checks.

Affected

GitLab

CVSS v3.1 GITLAB

3.5 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 23rd percentile

Published

2026-08-26

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://hackerone.com/reports/3669140

Security advisories

• https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-3-1-released
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/598657

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry