CVE-2026-16494 PUBLISHED

Missing Authorization in GitLab

Assigner: GitLab
Reserved: 21.07.2026 Published: 12.08.2026 Updated: 13.08.2026

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 19.1 before 19.1.4 and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to modify project settings restricted to higher-privileged roles, due to missing authorization checks on a project update endpoint.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
CVSS Score: 7.1

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	None
Privileges Required	Low	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	Low

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	GitLab
Product	GitLab
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 19.1 to 19.1.4 (excl.) affected from 19.2 to 19.2.2 (excl.)

Solutions

Upgrade to versions 19.1.4, 19.2.2 or above.

Credits

Thanks [3nvz](https://hackerone.com/3nvz) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program finder

References

Problem Types

CWE-862: Missing Authorization CWE