Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.10 before 18.9.7, 18.10 before 18.10.6, and 18.11 before 18.11.3 that when instance-level approval rule editing prevention was enabled, could have allowed an authenticated user with Maintainer permissions to modify or delete project approval rules due to missing authorization checks.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Exploit technical-description
exploit
permissions-required
HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #3561092
https://hackerone.com/reports/3561092
Scores
CVSS v3
2.7
EPSS
0.0001
EPSS Percentile
3.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-862
Status
published
Products (4)
GitLab/GitLab
16.10 - 18.9.7
gitlab/gitlab
16.10.0 - 18.9.7
GitLab/GitLab
18.10 - 18.10.6
GitLab/GitLab
18.11 - 18.11.3
Published
May 14, 2026
Tracked Since
May 14, 2026