MEDIUM 5.9 NVD
CVE-2026-16255
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 12.0 before 19.3.6, 19.4 before 19.4.3, and 19.5 before 19.5.1 that, when the instance-w
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 12.0 before 19.3.6, 19.4 before 19.4.3, and 19.5 before 19.5.1 that, when the instance-wide SAML or LDAP membership lock was enabled, an authenticated user could have granted or accepted project and group membership outside the identity provider's control, due to incomplete enforcement of the membership lock on requests created before the lock was enabled.
References
- https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-5-1-released/
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/606479
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3809350
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.9 was published on 2026-10-22 via NVD.
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