CVE-2026-0723Unchecked Return Value in GitLab
- 7.4HighCVSS base score
- 1.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 35% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.6 before 18.6.4, 18.7 before 18.7.2, and 18.8 before 18.8.2 that could have allowed an individual with existing knowledge of a victim's credential ID to bypass two-factor authentication by submitting forged device responses.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits1
References tagged exploit1 reference
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #3476052 (opens in a new tab)technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitLab
- 14 days later
· 14 days later
Published
- 35 days later
· 35 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitLabCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.0% · top 35% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.4.
Affected products
What to do
Solution: Upgrade to versions 18.6.4, 18.7.2, 18.8.2 or above.
References
References3
- GitLab Issue #585333 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingpermissions-required
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #3476052 (opens in a new tab)technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
- https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/01/21/patch-release-gitlab-18-8-2-released/ (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-4149 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2026-0723)Record last updated .