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Description

Incorrect authorization in the "submitted together" feature in Gerrit versions 2.12 and later allows an authenticated attacker with force push permissions on a secondary branch to bypass code review and forcefully submit code to restricted branches via a crafted submission matching the "topic" tag of an unapproved change.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-02-18 | Published 2026-05-13 | Updated 2026-05-13 | Assigner Google




MEDIUM: 6.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Problem types

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

Product status

Default status
unaffected

2.12; 0 (semver)
affected

References

issues.gerritcodereview.com/issues/486131256 exploit

issues.gerritcodereview.com/issues/486131256

cve.org (CVE-2026-2725)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-2725)

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