What is GHSA-4jhf-7f73-gc68?

GHSA-4jhf-7f73-gc68 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 19.2.8, 19...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-4jhf-7f73-gc68 cover?

GHSA-4jhf-7f73-gc68 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-16301. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-4jhf-7f73-gc68?

GHSA-4jhf-7f73-gc68 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-4jhf-7f73-gc68HighCVSS 8.5

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 19.2.8, 19...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

October 13, 2026

Last Modified

October 13, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-16301 →

📋 Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.5, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an authenticated user with Developer role to execute CI/CD pipelines on protected branches without authorization due to improper authorization checks in the downstream pipeline creation service.

🔗 References (5)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16301
https://hackerone.com/reports/3853866
https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-2-released
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/606501
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4jhf-7f73-gc68