Vulnerability Report

CVE-2026-6883

Title: Merge request approval bypass due to improper cleanup in GitLab EE

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2026-6883.

CWE Category CWE-862

Published Date May 14, 2026

Modified Date May 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 2.6 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.01%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-6883: GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 15.7 before 18.9.7, 18.10 before 18.10.6, and 18.11 before 18.11.3 that could have allowed an authenticated user to bypass merge request approval requirements due to improper cleanup of orphaned policy records.

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/596350

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

2.6

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

HIGH

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

REQUIRED

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

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

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-2026-6883 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 HIGH

Privileges N/A

Interaction REQUIRED

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.