CVE-2026-6552
HIGHAuthorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in GitLab
Title source: cnaDescription
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 15.5 before 18.10.8, 18.11 before 18.11.5, and 19.0 before 19.0.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with group Owner role to take over another group member's GitLab account due to improper authorization in the Group SAML identity management functionality.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Exploit technical-description
exploit
permissions-required
HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #3655189
https://hackerone.com/reports/3655189
Scores
CVSS v3
8.7
EPSS
0.0047
EPSS Percentile
36.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-639
Status
published
Products (4)
GitLab/GitLab
15.5 - 18.10.8
gitlab/gitlab
15.5.0 - 18.10.8 (2 CPE variants)
GitLab/GitLab
18.11 - 18.11.5
GitLab/GitLab
19.0 - 19.0.2
Published
Jun 11, 2026
Tracked Since
Jun 11, 2026