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Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.9.1 before 18.9.7, 18.10 before 18.10.6, and 18.11 before 18.11.3 that could have allowed an authenticated user to access confidential issue content in public projects without proper authorization due to improper authorization checks.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-03-20 | Published 2026-05-14 | Updated 2026-05-14 | Assigner GitLab




MEDIUM: 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Problem types

CWE-288: Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

Product status

Default status
unaffected

18.9.1 (semver) before 18.9.7
affected

18.10 (semver) before 18.10.6
affected

18.11 (semver) before 18.11.3
affected

Credits

Thanks [hackaccinocraft](https://hackerone.com/hackaccinocraft) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program finder

References

gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/594295

hackerone.com/reports/3597717 (HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #3597717) technical-description exploit permissions-required

about.gitlab.com/...3/patch-release-gitlab-18-11-3-released/

cve.org (CVE-2026-4524)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-4524)

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