GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.4 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.5, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an unauthenticated user to read confidential notes on public projects due to incorrect authorization checks.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-2-released/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 5.3 · gitlabNVD modified 2026-10-14 23:47
Affected (CPE criteria) 2
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
References 3
- https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-2-released/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/606490 Issue Tracking
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3815259 Permissions Required