CVE-2026-85706 PUBLISHED

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in GitLab

Assigner: GitLab
Reserved: 04.09.2026 Published: 12.09.2026 Updated: 12.09.2026

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions, an unauthenticated user could have read arbitrary files from the GitLab server due to improper path confinement and missing authentication enforcement in the repository commits API.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 10

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

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	GitLab
Product	GitLab
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 18.7 to 19.1.8 (excl.) affected from 19.2 to 19.2.6 (excl.) affected from 19.3 to 19.3.2 (excl.)

Solutions

Upgrade to versions 19.1.8, 19.2.6, 19.3.2 or above.

Credits

Thanks [s3ntago](https://hackerone.com/s3ntago) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program finder

References

Problem Types

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') CWE