GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 10.1 before 19.3.6, 19.4 before 19.4.3, and 19.5 before 19.5.1 that, when OmniAuth SAML and LDAP auto-linking were both enabled, an authenticated user could have taken over an existing LDAP-backed account without any interaction from the targeted user, due to improper input sanitization in the LDAP email lookup path used during OmniAuth identity linking.
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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
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| Description | GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 10.1 before 19.3.6, 19.4 before 19.4.3, and 19.5 before 19.5.1 that, when OmniAuth SAML and LDAP auto-linking were both enabled, an authenticated user could have taken over an existing LDAP-backed account without any interaction from the targeted user, due to improper input sanitization in the LDAP email lookup path used during OmniAuth identity linking. | |
| Title | Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an LDAP Query ('LDAP Injection') in GitLab | |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-90 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitLab
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-21T23:35:15.434Z
Reserved: 2026-07-14T13:04:45.612Z
Link: CVE-2026-15723
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