[ CVE-2026-16255 · Published 22 Oct 2026 ]
Vulnerability in GitLab
[ Description ]Official description
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.
[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches
No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.
[ Advisories ]Government CERT advisories
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NCSC-NLNCSC-2026-0447
Vulnerabilities fixed in GitLab by GitLab Inc. Translated from Dutch
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CERT-FRCERTFR-2026-AVI-1363
Multiple vulnerabilities in GitLab Translated from French
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GitLab. Some of them allow an attacker to cause remote arbitrary code execution, a breach of data confidentiality and a security policy bypass.
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BSI CERT-BundWID-SEC-2026-4115
GitLab: Multiple vulnerabilities Translated from German