CVE-2026-85706
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in GitLab
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 18.11.12, 19.0 before 19.0.9, 19.1 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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in GitLab
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 18.11.12, 19.0 before 19.0.9, 19.1 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.
- Record
CVE-2026-85706- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-76779
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 18.11.12, 19.0 before 19.0.9, 19.1 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.
- Record
EUVD-2026-76779- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f47w-mrg9-g9p2
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 19.1.8, 19...
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.
- Record
GHSA-f47w-mrg9-g9p2- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CISA KEV No score
GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Path Traversal Vulnerability
GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated user to read arbitrary files due to an improper path confinement and missing authentication enforcement in the repository commits API.
- Record
CVE-2026-85706- Weakness
- CWE-35
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 18.11.12, 19.0 before 19.0.9, 19.1 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.
- Record
CVE-2026-85706- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in GitLab
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 18.11.12, 19.0 before 19.0.9, 19.1 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.
- Record
CVE-2026-85706- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-gitlab-2026-85706 No score
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in GitLab
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 18.11.12, 19.0 before 19.0.9, 19.1 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.
- Record
BIT-gitlab-2026-85706- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
gitlabBitnami |
18.7.0 up to 18.11.12, 19.0.0 up to 19.0.9, 19.1.0 up to 19.1.8, 19.2.0 up to 19.2.6, 19.3.0 up to 19.3.2 | 18.11.1219.0.919.1.819.2.619.3.2 |
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | FlowerWitch/CVE-2026-85706_docker_exp | 2026-09-11 |
| PoC in GitHub | guneykabel/cve-2026-85706 | 2026-09-11 |
| PoC in GitHub | solivaquaant/CVE-2026-85706 | 2026-09-11 |
| PoC in GitHub | ynsmroztas/GitLabSniper | 2026-09-11 |
| PoC in GitHub | 0xlyvio/cve-2026-85706-poc-exploit-gitlab | 2026-09-12 |
| PoC in GitHub | jithinkrishnanrs/gitlab-cve-2026-85706-ioc | 2026-09-12 |
| PoC in GitHub | gagaltotal/CVE-2026-85706-gitlab-poc | 2026-09-13 |
| PoC in GitHub | plur1bu5/gitread | 2026-09-13 |
| PoC in GitHub | gabrielunknown/CVE-2026-85706 | 2026-09-14 |
| PoC in GitHub | unh00k3d/cve-2026-85706 | 2026-09-14 |
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| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | tc4dy/CVE-2026-85706-PoC-Toolkit | 2026-09-17 |
| PoC in GitHub | EQSTLab/CVE-2026-85706 | 2026-09-28 |
| PoC in GitHub | wuyou6956-glitch/cve-2026-85706 | 2026-09-30 |
| Metasploit | GitLab Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read | 2026-09-10 |
| Nuclei | GitLab CE/EE <=19.1.7/19.2.5/19.3.1 - Arbitrary File Read |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| exploitation, exploits | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, CISA KEV, Metasploit, Nuclei, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-85706 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Gitlab, published September 12, 2026. CISA lists it as known to be exploited, since September 11, 2026. EUVD reports exploitation since September 11, 2026. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 97.4%, the 99th percentile. Fixed in gitlab 18.11.12.
References
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/627748
hackerone.com/reports/3909881
cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-85706
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85706
github.com/advisories/GHSA-f47w-mrg9-g9p2