GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.4 before 19.3.6, 19.4 before 19.4.3, and 19.5 before 19.5.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated to bypass a required merge request approval policy on a protected branch due to improper access control during approval rule synchronization.
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Solution
Upgrade to versions 19.3.6, 19.4.3, 19.5.1 or above.
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Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:45:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.4 before 19.3.6, 19.4 before 19.4.3, and 19.5 before 19.5.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated to bypass a required merge request approval policy on a protected branch due to improper access control during approval rule synchronization. | |
| Title | Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference in GitLab | |
| First Time appeared |
Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-706 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab |
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cvssV3_1
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitLab
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-21T23:35:20.426Z
Reserved: 2026-07-01T08:03:59.915Z
Link: CVE-2026-14288
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