Vulnerability · CVE-2026-4916
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.2 before 18.8.9, 18.9 before 18.9.5, and 18.10 before 18.10.3 that could have allowed an…
Published Apr 8, 2026 · catalog updated Jul 24, 2026 · the affected product
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-4916. EPSS is 0.44%. Act only if a listed version of the affected product is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No plain product name is stored. The page cannot tell you which product to check.
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Low2.7
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.44%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe gitlab/gitlab
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.2 before 18.8.9, 18.9 before 18.9.5, and 18.10 before 18.10.3 that could have allowed an authenticated user with custom role permissions to demote or remove higher-privileged group members due to improper authorization checks on member management operations.
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- cpe gitlab/gitlabversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2026-4916
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-4916. EPSS is 0.44%. Act only if a listed version of the affected product is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-862: Missing Authorization. EPSS 0.44%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Apr 8, 2026 · GitLab Security Releases
Detected
On April 8, 2026, we released versions 18.10.3, 18.9.5, 18.8.9 for GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE). These versions contain important bug and security fixes, and we strongly recommend that all self-managed GitLab installations be upgraded to one of these versions immediately. GitLab.com is already running the patched version. GitLab Dedicated customers do not need to take
Jul 24, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.2 before 18.8.9, 18.9 before 18.9.5, and 18.10 before 18.10.3 that could have allowed an authenticated user with custom role permissions to demote or remove higher-privileged group members due to improper authorization checks on member management operations.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-4916
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-4916
30-day exploitation probability 0.4%
first.org - GitLab Security ReleasesVendor advisoryCVE-2026-4916
On April 8, 2026, we released versions 18.10.3, 18.9.5, 18.8.9 for GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE). These versions contain important bug and security fixes, and we strongly recommend that all self-managed GitLab installations be upgraded to one of these
docs.gitlab.com - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-4916
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.2 before 18.8.9, 18.9 before 18.9.5, and 18.10 before 18.10.3 that could have allowed an authenticated user with custom role permissions to demote or remove higher-privileged group members due to improp
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.