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GitLab EUVDEUVD-2026-85736

| CVE-2026-89078 CRITICAL
Double Free (CWE-415)
2026-09-23 GitLab GHSA-9chr-4x58-948m
9.9
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: GitLab
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Vendor (GitLab) PRIMARY
9.9 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
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8.4 HIGH

Network-reachable but authenticated CI/CD write (PR:L); double-free-to-RCE under 'certain conditions' warrants AC:H; server code exec crosses context (S:C) with high C/I and limited A.

3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (GitLab).

CVSS VectorVendor: GitLab

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Low

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Patch available
Sep 24, 2026 - 02:01 EUVD
Analysis Generated
Sep 23, 2026 - 23:46 vuln.today
CVE Published
Sep 23, 2026 - 23:05 cve.org
CRITICAL 9.9

DescriptionCVE.org

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 19.2 before 19.2.7, 19.3 before 19.3.3, and 19.4 before 19.4.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to execute arbitrary code on the GitLab server due to a double free issue when parsing a specially crafted regular expression in a CI/CD configuration.

AnalysisAI

Authenticated users who can define or modify a CI/CD configuration can achieve remote code execution on GitLab CE/EE servers by submitting a specially crafted regular expression that triggers a double free during server-side parsing. All versions from 19.2 before 19.2.7, 19.3 before 19.3.3, and 19.4 before 19.4.1 are affected; the vendor scores the issue 9.9, while our assessment retains full confidentiality and integrity impact but raises attack complexity to high because the vulnerable path is state-dependent and double-free corruption is inherently unreliable to exploit. …

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Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Requires an authenticated GitLab account (PR:L) with sufficient permission to define or modify a CI/CD configuration - in practice at least Developer role on a project, or the ability to create a project on instances permitting self-registration. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment This is a genuine high priority, not a paper-tiger high-CVSS. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in.
Remediation Vendor-released patch: upgrade to GitLab 19.2.7, 19.3.3, or 19.4.1 (or later) as documented at https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-1-released/, treating this as an out-of-band priority update given the RCE impact and the existence of publicly available exploit code. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

Recommended ActionAI

Within 24 hours, confirm which GitLab instances are running releases in the 19.2.x, 19.3.x, or 19.4.x lines below 19.2.7, 19.3.3, and 19.4.1, inventory every account and group with rights to create or edit CI/CD configuration, and treat those accounts as privileged; where immediate upgrade is not possible, tighten CI/CD configuration permissions to the smallest possible set of trusted administrators and increase monitoring of pipeline config changes. …

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