Vulnerability Report

CVE-2026-6063

Title: Improper Access Control in GitLab EE allows developer to remove code owner approval rules

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2026-6063.

CWE Category CWE-639

Published Date May 14, 2026

Modified Date May 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.3 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.01%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-6063: GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 11.10 before 18.9.7, 18.10 before 18.10.6, and 18.11 before 18.11.3 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer-role permissions to remove code owner approval rules from merge requests due to improper access control.

Impacted Vendors

gitlab 1

Reference Links

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/05/13/patch-release-gitlab-18-11-3-released/ https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/596332 https://hackerone.com/reports/3649087

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2026-6063 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

May 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 14, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 14, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.