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CVE-2026-14288low3.1

Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference in GitLab

Impact

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.4 before 19.3.6, 19.4 before 19.4.3, and 19.5 before 19.5.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated to bypass a required merge request approval policy on a protected branch due to improper access control during approval rule synchronization.

Source excerpt · GitLab
Applies when

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.4 before 19.3.6, 19.4 before 19.4.3, and 19.5 before 19.5.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated to bypass a required merge request approval policy on a protected branch due to improper access control during approval rule synchronization.

What to do

Upgrade to versions 19.3.6, 19.4.3, 19.5.1 or above.

GitLab guidance

Affected packages

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GitLab

3 ranges
GitLab version evidence

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affected

17.4 → before 19.3.6

semver versions

19.4 → before 19.4.3

semver versions

19.5 → before 19.5.1

semver versions

unaffected

unknown

Other versions: unaffected

Product identifiers (CPE)cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Original source description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.4 before 19.3.6, 19.4 before 19.4.3, and 19.5 before 19.5.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated to bypass a required merge request approval policy on a protected branch due to improper access control during approval rule synchronization.

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Original records

CVE-2026-14288

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Underlying weaknesses

The source’s classification of what caused the vulnerability.

CWE-706 ↗

CWE-706: Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference

GitLab

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Contributing organizations · 2
GitLab

Assigning organization

2026-10-21
CISA-ADP

Additional data publisher

2026-10-30

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References

3 sources
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/604630
Source referenceGitLab
hackerone.com/reports/3797008
technical-descriptionGitLab
docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-5-1-released/
Release notesGitLab