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title: "CVE-2026-79708: GitLab EE - Broken Access Control"
description: "GitLab EE >= 19.0, < 19.1.8, >= 19.2, < 19.2.6, and >= 19.3, < 19.3.2 contains an access control vulnerability caused by insufficient scope validation in policy test pipeline execution, letting authenticated users with developer permissions access protected CI/CD variables, exploit requires developer permissions."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-79708/
---

# CVE-2026-79708 GitLab EE - Broken Access Control

GitLab EE >= 19.0, < 19.1.8, >= 19.2, < 19.2.6, and >= 19.3, < 19.3.2 contains an access control vulnerability caused by insufficient scope validation in policy test pipeline execution, letting authenticated users with developer permissions access protected CI/CD variables, exploit requires developer permissions.

CVSS base score 8.5 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.38% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79708)

## Details

Type

Broken Access Control

Impact

Information Disclosure

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

Published

16 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-863](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/863.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to versions 19.1.8, 19.2.6, 19.3.2 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79708](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79708)
- [https://hackerone.com/reports/3873243](https://hackerone.com/reports/3873243)
- [https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-3-2-released/](https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-3-2-released/)
- [https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work\_items/622477](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/622477)

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