CVE-2026-5954 Incorrect Authorization in GitLab

What is CVE-2026-5954?

CVE-2026-5954 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 13 Oct 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.1 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.5, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed a user to download package files from a public project due to improper authorization checks.

Weakness: CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-5954?

1 open source package ship an affected version, including gitlab. It affects 1 product.

Products include Gitlab Gitlab.

How do I fix CVE-2026-5954?

Upgrade gitlab to a fixed version for your release line: 19.2.8, 19.3.5 or 19.4.2.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2026-5954 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-5954 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2023-7028 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Improper Access Control Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2021-22205 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2021-39935 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Exploited Medium 6.8

All Gitlab Gitlab vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BIT-gitlab-2026-5954, GHSA-p26w-35r3-7x6p, MINI-244r-gx4v-v67j, MINI-2fj5-f64h-xr23, MINI-37hm-g67c-98cr, MINI-3g8v-qc96-ghhj and 48 more.