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AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Network-reachable web flow, low complexity, requires high-privilege group Owner role, no user interaction, scope changes to victim account with full confidentiality and integrity loss but no availability impact.
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CVSS VectorVendor: GitLab
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
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GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 15.5 before 18.10.8, 18.11 before 18.11.5, and 19.0 before 19.0.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with group Owner role to take over another group member's GitLab account due to improper authorization in the Group SAML identity management functionality.
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AnalysisAI
Account takeover in GitLab Enterprise Edition versions 15.5 through 19.0.2 allows an authenticated group Owner to hijack other group members' accounts through improper authorization in the Group SAML identity management functionality. Publicly available exploit code exists via a HackerOne report, and GitLab released patched versions 18.10.8, 18.11.5, and 19.0.2 on 2026-06-10. …
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| Exploitation | Attacker must already hold the group Owner role on a GitLab EE group that has Group SAML identity management configured (an EE-tier-only feature on Premium/Ultimate, on self-managed instances running 15.5 through pre-patched 19.0.2 or on GitLab.com pre-fix), and the victim must be a member of that same group. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | The CVSS 3.1 vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N reports a network-reachable, low-complexity attack requiring high privileges (group Owner) with no user interaction and a changed scope, scoring 8.7 - appropriate because a single compromised or malicious Owner can pivot to fully controlled accounts outside their authority boundary. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
| Exploit Scenario | A malicious group Owner - or an attacker who has phished or otherwise taken over an Owner account - on a GitLab EE group configured with Group SAML manipulates the SAML identity-binding flow to associate their controlled SAML NameID with a victim group member's GitLab account, then authenticates via the IdP and logs in as the victim. Because exploit code is publicly referenced via HackerOne report 3655189, the attacker can follow a known recipe; the result is full takeover of the victim account including repository access, tokens, and any downstream CI/CD privileges. |
| Remediation | Vendor-released patches are available: upgrade self-managed GitLab EE to 18.10.8, 18.11.5, or 19.0.2 (or later) per the GitLab patch release at https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/06/10/patch-release-gitlab-19-0-2-released/; GitLab.com is already updated by the vendor. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
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Within 24 hours: inventory all GitLab Enterprise Edition instances and identify those running versions 15.5-19.0.1. …
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EUVD-2026-36229
GHSA-r82j-g6q9-mvx8