CVE-2026-85706: GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Path Traversal
This GitLab advisory covers CVE-2026-85706 in GitLab.
- CVE-2026-85706
Key facts
- Vendor rating
- Critical, CVSS 10
- CISA KEV
- Listed ; federal due date
- Affected
- before 18.11.12; before 19.0.9; before 19.1.8 and 2 more below
- Fixed in
- 18.11.12, 19.0.9, 19.1.8 and 2 more below
- Source published
- Source revised
- Listed by VulniPulse
- Record changed
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Affected products & platforms
CVE-2026-85706 in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- CISA name:
- GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Path Traversal Vulnerability
- CISA description:
- GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated user to read arbitrary files due to an improper path confinement and missing authentication enforcement in the repository commits API.
- Required action:
- 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.
- before 18.11.12
- before 19.0.9
- before 19.1.8
- before 19.2.6
- before 19.3.2
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How to fix CVE-2026-85706
Upgrade to a fixed release named by GitLab:
- 18.11.12
- 19.0.9
- 19.1.8
- 19.2.6
- 19.3.2
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