FKIE_CVE-2026-4916

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-04-08 23:17 - Updated: 2026-04-16 12:59
Severity
2.7 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Summary
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.2 before 18.8.9, 18.9 before 18.9.5, and 18.10 before 18.10.3 that could have allowed an authenticated user with custom role permissions to demote or remove higher-privileged group members due to improper authorization checks on member management operations.
References
cve@gitlab.comhttps://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/04/08/patch-release-gitlab-18-10-3-released/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
cve@gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/565414Broken Link
cve@gitlab.comhttps://hackerone.com/reports/3301240Permissions Required
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