CVE-2026-85706
Published 2026-09-12 · Updated 2026-09-24 · Source cve@gitlab.com
Summary
CVE-2026-85706 is a critical-severity (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on September 11, 2026, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by September 14, 2026. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. GitLab has 5 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 1 of them linked to ransomware.
All 5 known-exploited GitLab vulnerabilities →Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 18.11.12, 19.0 before 19.0.9, 19.1 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions, an unauthenticated user could have read arbitrary files from the GitLab server due to improper path confinement and missing authentication enforcement in the repository commits API.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: GitLab — Community Edition and Enterprise Edition
Name: GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Path Traversal Vulnerability
Date added: 2026-09-11 · Due: 2026-09-14
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.