CVE-2026-6883

ℹ️ low

Summary

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.

CVSS Score

2.6

Low

EPSS Score

0.0

Exploit Probability

Published Date

2026-05-14

First Seen: 2026-05-17

📊 Relative Risk Intelligence

This CVE is Lower Risk - more severe than 1.6% of all 330,193 vulnerabilities in our database.

#325,065

Below average severity

Severity Percentile

🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: May 14, 2026

🔍 Exploitation Status

None

No known exploits

⚙️ Automatable

Requires human interaction

💥 Technical Impact

Partial

Limited system impact

🏆 Discovered By

This vulnerability has been discovered internally by GitLab team member Alan (Maciej) Paruszewski

SSVC data provided by CISA

Last Modified 2026-05-16

Source NVD 🔗

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

CWE IDs (Weakness Types)

CWE-862

📦 Affected Products 3

Vendor	Product	Status	Affected Versions
gitlab	gitlab	Affected	> 18.10.0 < 18.10.6
gitlab	gitlab	Affected	> 18.11.0 < 18.11.3
gitlab	gitlab	Affected	> 15.7.0 < 18.9.7

🔗 References 2

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/05/13/patch-r...

Release Notes

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/59...

Not Applicable

🔗 Related CVEs 6

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CVE-2026-0934	ℹ️ low	3.8	0.2	GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.9 before 18.11.6, 19.0 before 19.0.3, and 19....	2026-06-25
CVE-2026-10086	⚠️ high	8.7	0.3	GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.4 before 18.11.6, 19.0 before 19.0.3, and 19....	2026-06-25
CVE-2026-10712	⚠️ high	8.0	0.3	GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.10 before 18.11.6, 19.0 before 19.0.3, and...	2026-06-25
CVE-2026-11379	🔶 medium	5.3	0.2	GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 13.11 prior to 18.11.6, 19.0 prior to 19.0.3, an...	2026-06-25
CVE-2026-12053	⚠️ high	8.6	0.3	GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 19.1 before 19.1.1 that under certain conditions...	2026-06-25
CVE-2026-12635	🔶 medium	0.0	0.2	GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 8.3 before 18.11.6, 19.0 before 19.0.3, and 1...	2026-06-25

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