CVE-2026-81839

Incorrect Authorization in GitLab

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.1 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.5, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an authenticated user to execute arbitrary CI/CD pipelines in a transferred project with the new group's privileges due to improper cleanup of scheduled pipeline execution policy records.

Affected

GitLab

CVSS v3.1 GITLAB

7.7 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 19th percentile

Published

2026-10-13

Updated

2026-10-14

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://hackerone.com/reports/3925062

Security advisories

• https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-2-released
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/624150

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry