CVE-2026-6883
LOW
2,6
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: high
Privileges Required: low
User Interaction: required
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: low
Availability: none
Description
AI Translation Available
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 15.7 before 18.9.7, 18.10 before 18.10.6, and 18.11 before 18.11.3 that could have allowed an authenticated user to bypass merge request approval requirements due to improper cleanup of orphaned policy records.
862
Missing Authorization
IncompleteCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Confidentiality
Integrity
Access Control
Availability
Potential Impacts:
Read Application Data
Read Files Or Directories
Modify Application Data
Modify Files Or Directories
Gain Privileges Or Assume Identity
Bypass Protection Mechanism
Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart
Dos: Resource Consumption (Cpu)
Dos: Resource Consumption (Memory)
Dos: Resource Consumption (Other)
Applicable Platforms
Technologies:
AI/ML, Database Server, Not Technology-Specific, Web Server
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/05/13/patch-release-gitlab-18-11-3-relea…
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/596350