Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 11.10 before 18.9.7, 18.10 before 18.10.6, and 18.11 before 18.11.3 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer-role permissions to remove code owner approval rules from merge requests due to improper access control.
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/596332 Not Applicable
- hackerone.com/reports/3649087 Permissions Required
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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4.3
MEDIUM
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 14 · as of 14 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-639
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