CVE intelligenceCISA KEV

CVE-2026-85706

GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Path Traversal Vulnerability

Published Sep 12, 2026Sources checked Sep 12, 2026

10.0CRITICALCVSS out of 10

What this means

Actively exploited

CISA lists CVE-2026-85706 in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which means exploitation has been observed. The entry applies to GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition.

Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.

CISA KEVListedObserved exploitation

EPSSUnavailableNo current score collected

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors1Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2026-85706?

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.