Vulnerability
CVE-2026-85706 — GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Path Traversal Vulnerability
critical 10.0 Exploited in the wild 3 stories · 3 outlets
Impacted if
- GitLab < 18.11.12 · < 19.0.9 · < 19.1.8 +2
Path traversal · over the network · no login
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
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
Added on 2026-09-11, federal remediation due 2026-09-14. 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.
First seen by AX-NEWS · latest story . Severity: NVD, or the CVE record while the NVD has not scored it. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.