CVE-2026-8667

Incorrect Authorization in GitLab

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.6 before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer role to modify certain package registry metadata without the required maintainer-level permissions due to improper authorization checks.

Affected

GitLab

CVSS v3.1 GITLAB

4.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 32nd percentile

Published

2026-08-12

Updated

2026-08-13

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://hackerone.com/reports/3598070

Security advisories

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

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry