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GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition's Path Traversal Flaw Allows Unauthenticated Remote Attackers to Read Arbitrary Files on the Server and Fully Compromise the GitLab Instance

Last refreshed2026-09-27

Status: KEV  |  Advisory ID: CVE-2026-85706

Key Details

CVECVE-2026-85706
Vulnerability NameGitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Path Traversal Vulnerability
CVSS Score / Version10.0 (Critical) / CVSS v3.1
Updated2026-09-22
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Proseattack vector is network; attack complexity is low; privileges required is none; user interaction is none; scope is changed; confidentiality impact is high; integrity impact is high; availability impact is none.
Affected productsGitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition
Exploitation statusListed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, indicating confirmed active exploitation.
KEV listingAdded to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 2026-09-11.
Exploitation prediction (EPSS)91.42% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (100% percentile) -- FIRST.org's EPSS model.

Affected Products, Subsystems & Sectors

VendorProductAffected VersionsPatch Status
GitLabCommunity Edition and Enterprise Edition
SubsystemsGeneral OT
SectorsMultiple

What to Know

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.

What to Do

Monitor GitLab's web page for any future patch releases.

References

SourceReference
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85706
CVEhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-85706

KEV Required Action

FieldValue
KEV Linkhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
Date Added to KEV2026-09-11