GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 19.0 before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer-role permissions to execute CI/CD pipelines on a protected branch without the required push permissions due to improper authorization in pipeline reference validation.
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Description GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 19.0 before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer-role permissions to execute CI/CD pipelines on a protected branch without the required push permissions due to improper authorization in pipeline reference validation.
Title Incorrect Authorization in GitLab
First Time appeared Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
Weaknesses CWE-863
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-12T18:05:50.271Z

Reserved: 2026-07-10T15:40:05.160Z

Link: CVE-2026-15423

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-12T18:17:23.820

Modified: 2026-08-12T18:17:23.820

Link: CVE-2026-15423

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-13T00:00:09Z