CVE-2026-85706

CRITICALPre-NVD 10.010.0—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 10.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2026-09-11), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. a secondary CVSS source baseline 10.0 retained for reference (NVD's own analysis pending). Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: cisa_kev, epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — KEV-added this weekExploited in the wild
10.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS PROB: 15%CVSS: 10.0Exploit: cisa kev · ssvc active · epss top5pct · public exploitExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions, an unauthenticated user could have read arbitrary files from the GitLab server due to improper path confinement and missing authentication enforcement in the repository commits API.

CVSS v3
10.0
EG Score
10.0(high)
EG Risk
100(Act)
EG Risk 100/100SSVC: Act

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity100% × 45%
Exploitation100% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Fix now — active exploitation, automatable, high impact.
EPSS PROB
15%
EPSS %ILE
96%
KEV
⚠ Exploited

Published

September 12, 2026

Last Modified

September 14, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Sep 14, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. Patch available. Sources: cisa.
cisa Patch Available🔴 Active Exploitation

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA. Listed in CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-85706
generic

GitLab.org / GitLab · GitLab

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/627748

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-85706(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 60× in last 7d / 70× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-19 11:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-19 07:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-19 03:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-18 23:06 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-18 23:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-18 19:20 UTCCISA KEV update
  8. 2026-09-18 19:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-18 15:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-18 14:15 UTCCISA KEV update
  11. 2026-09-18 11:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-18 07:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-18 03:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-17 23:01 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-17 23:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-17 19:32 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-17 18:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-17 14:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-17 10:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-17 06:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-17 02:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-16 22:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-16 18:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-16 14:50 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-16 14:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
Show 45 more
  1. 2026-09-16 14:10 UTCCISA KEV update
  2. 2026-09-16 14:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-16 10:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-16 06:47 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-16 06:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-16 02:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-15 22:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-15 18:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-15 14:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-15 10:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-15 06:41 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-15 06:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-15 02:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-14 22:39 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-14 22:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-14 19:24 UTCCISA KEV update
  20. 2026-09-14 18:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-14 14:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-14 11:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-14 07:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-14 03:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-13 23:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-09-13 19:38 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-09-13 19:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-09-13 15:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-09-13 11:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-09-13 07:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-09-13 03:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-09-12 23:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-09-12 19:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-09-12 15:26 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-09-12 15:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-09-12 11:24 UTCEG score recompute
  37. 2026-09-12 11:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-09-12 11:04 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-09-12 11:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-09-12 08:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-09-12 04:20 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-09-12 04:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-09-12 03:20 UTCEG score recompute
  44. 2026-09-12 02:54 UTCEG score recompute
  45. 2026-09-12 02:53 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Publicly available exploits

(7 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (6 GitHub PoCs). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoCplur1bu5/gitread
    First seen Sep 13, 2026

    CVE-2026-85706 · GitLab CE/EE unauthenticated file read · research PoC with oracle mode, fd enumeration, and tiered loot targeting

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoC0xlyvio/cve-2026-85706-poc-exploit-gitlab
    First seen Sep 12, 2026

    cve-2026-85706-poc-exploit-gitlab

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCmhtsec/CVE-2026-85706
    First seen Sep 11, 2026

    GitLab CE/EE unauthenticated path traversal (CVE-2026-85706) - PoC

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCguneykabel/cve-2026-85706
    First seen Sep 11, 2026

    Exploit poc for CVE-2026-85706 an unauthenticated arbitrary file read on Gitlab CE-EE affecting versions: 18.7–19.1.7; 19.2.0–19.2.5; 19.3.0–19.3.1

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCFlowerWitch/CVE-2026-85706_docker_exp
    First seen Sep 11, 2026

    CVE-2026-85706_docker_exp

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCynsmroztas/GitLabSniper
    First seen Sep 11, 2026

    CVE-2026-85706 Unauthenticated File Read

    Open source ↗
  • Nucleihttp/cves/2026/CVE-2026-85706.yaml
    First seen Jan 1, 2026

    GitLab CE/EE <=19.1.7/19.2.5/19.3.1 - Arbitrary File Read

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2026-85706?
CVE-2026-85706 is a critical vulnerability published on September 12, 2026. GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions, an unauthenticated user could have read arbitrary files from the GitLab server due to improper path confinement and missing…
When was CVE-2026-85706 disclosed?
CVE-2026-85706 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 12, 2026, with the most recent update on September 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-85706 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2026-85706 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on September 11, 2026, affecting GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate patching attention.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-85706?
CVE-2026-85706 has a CVSS v3 base score of 10.0 (NVD).
Which products are affected by CVE-2026-85706?
CVE-2026-85706 affects GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition. The full affected-products list, including version ranges and fixed versions, is shown in the Affected Packages section of this page.
How do I remediate CVE-2026-85706?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-85706, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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