CVE-2026-5952
MediumCVSS 4.3Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk9th percentile — higher than 9% of all known CVEs
Summary
A vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE due to incorrect authorization checks allows an authenticated user with developer role to bypass package protection rules and overwrite protected Maven package metadata under certain conditions.
Risk Assessment
The risk involves potential compromise of protected Maven package integrity by an authorized user, which could lead to malicious code injection or unauthorized modification of dependencies in the CI/CD pipeline.
Recommendation
Immediately upgrade GitLab CE/EE to version 18.11.6, 19.0.3, or 19.1.1 depending on the release branch in use.
Original NVD description (English source)
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.11 before 18.11.6, 19.0 before 19.0.3, and 19.1 before 19.1.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer-role permissions to bypass package protection rules and overwrite protected Maven package metadata due to incorrect authorization checks.