GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 14.4 before 18.7.6, 18.8 before 18.8.6, and 18.9 before 18.9.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user with group import permissions to create labels in private projects due to improper authorization validation in the group import process under certain circumstances.
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Solution
Upgrade to versions 18.7.6, 18.8.6, 18.9.2 or above.
Workaround
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Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:15:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 14.4 before 18.7.6, 18.8 before 18.8.6, and 18.9 before 18.9.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user with group import permissions to create labels in private projects due to improper authorization validation in the group import process under certain circumstances. | |
| Title | Missing Authorization in GitLab | |
| First Time appeared |
Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-862 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab |
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cvssV3_1
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitLab
Published:
Updated: 2026-03-11T16:04:50.787Z
Reserved: 2026-01-29T20:33:21.256Z
Link: CVE-2026-1663
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-03-11T16:16:22.833
Modified: 2026-03-11T16:16:22.833
Link: CVE-2026-1663
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