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CVE-2026-85706Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in GitLab

Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 18.11.12, 19.0 before 19.0.9, 19.1 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.

Exploited in the wild

CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Path Traversal Vulnerability.

Added
11 Sept 2026
Fix due (US federal)
14 Sept 2026
Used by ransomware
Not known

Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.

ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 11 Sept 2026.

Public exploit

An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and a Nuclei template for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.

Show the exploits3

Metasploit modules1 module

Nuclei templates1 template

References tagged exploit1 reference

Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By GitLab

  2. · 7 days later

    Added to CISA KEV

    Known exploited in the wild

  3. · 1 day later

    Published

  4. · 11 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

CVSS scores of CVE-2026-85706, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
GitLabCNA (assigner)3.1Critical10.0CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVDNVD · Analyzed3.1Critical10.0CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
97.4% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 10.0.

Affected products

  • GitLab · GitLab

    • affected 18.7 – < 18.11.12
    • affected 19.0 – < 19.0.9
    • affected 19.1 – < 19.1.8
    • affected 19.2 – < 19.2.6
    • affected 19.3 – < 19.3.2

What to do

Solution: Upgrade to versions 18.11.12, 19.0.9, 19.1.8, 19.2.6, 19.3.2 or above.

References

References3

Sources

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