A vulnerability has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting with 16.8 before 18.5.0 that could have allowed unauthorized edits to merge request approval rules under certain conditions.
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Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to version 18.5.0 or above


Workaround

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History

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 09:30:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting with 16.8 before 18.5.0 that could have allowed unauthorized edits to merge request approval rules under certain conditions.
Title Missing Authorization in GitLab
First Time appeared Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
Weaknesses CWE-862
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-02T13:24:44.683Z

Reserved: 2026-02-02T09:04:33.310Z

Link: CVE-2026-1751

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-02-02T10:16:06.693

Modified: 2026-02-02T10:16:06.693

Link: CVE-2026-1751

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