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.
Affected products
gitlab: gitlab
References3
- about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/05/13/patch-release-gitlab-18-11… Release Notes
- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/590983 Not Applicable
- hackerone.com/reports/3561092 Permissions Required
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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2.7
LOW
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 19 · as of 14 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-862
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