CVE-2026-5173

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-749 Exposed Dangerous Method or Function

Publication date:

08/04/2026

Last modified:

08/04/2026

Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.9.6 before 18.8.9, 18.9 before 18.9.5, and 18.10 before 18.10.3 that could have allowed an authenticated user to invoke unintended server-side methods through websocket connections due to improper access control.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): Low
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

8.50

Severity 3.x

HIGH

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/04/08/patch-release-gitlab-18-10-3-released/
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/588959