CVE-2026-1663

low-risk
Published 2026-03-11

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.01% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 4.3/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

Gitlab

References (3)

Vendor Advisory https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/03/11/patch-release-gitlab-18-9-2-release...
Broken Link https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/588207
Permissions Required https://hackerone.com/reports/3485548
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low