CVE-2026-5377 PUBLISHED

Incorrect Authorization in GitLab

Assigner: GitLab
Reserved: 01.04.2026 Published: 22.04.2026 Updated: 22.04.2026

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.11 before 18.11.1 that could have allowed an authenticated user to access titles of confidential or private issues in public projects due to improper access control in the issue description rendering process.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 4.3

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

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	GitLab
Product	GitLab
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 18.11 to 18.11.1 (excl.)

Solutions

Upgrade to version 18.11.1 or above.

Credits

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

References

Problem Types

CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization CWE