CVE-2026-85706

CRITICALCVSS 10.0Known Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-3-2-released/ ; BOD 26-04: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; Forensics Triage Requirements: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85706

Remediation deadline: September 14, 2026

Description

GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated user to read arbitrary files due to an improper path confinement and missing authentication enforcement in the repository commits API.

Timeline

Published:September 12th, 2026 3:16 AM

Last modified:September 14th, 2026 2:22 PM

Added to KEV:September 11th, 2026

CVSS Scoring

CVSS v3: 10.0 (CRITICAL)

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

Affected Software

From NVD CPE configuration data

Vendors

gitlab

Products

gitlab

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22

References & Reports

Advisories, patches, and third-party reports

Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute