CVE-2026-85706
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in GitLab
- Published
- Sep 12, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 23, 2026
- Assigning CNA
- GitLab
- Evidence observed
- Sep 12, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:NHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 99.8%
- Model date
- Oct 17, 2026
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CISA Known Exploited
This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Summary
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 18.11.12, 19.0 before 19.0.9, 19.1 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions, an unauthenticated user could have read arbitrary files from the GitLab server due to improper path confinement and missing authentication enforcement in the repository commits API.
Sources
modules/auxiliary/gather/gitlab_file_read_cve_2026_85706.rb
Metasploit Framework modulesDeclared conditions
- verification: check_declared($.auxiliary_gather/gitlab_file_read_cve_2026_85706.check)
gitlab/CVE-2026-85706
GitLab Unauthenticated Arbitrary Local File Read (CVE-2026-85706)
Vulhub vulnerability labsDeclared conditions
- lab image version: vulhub/gitlab:19.3.1(gitlab/CVE-2026-85706/docker-compose.yml:services.web.image)
http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-85706.yaml
Nuclei TemplatesDeclared conditions
- network: http($.protocol_keys)
- verification: status,word($.matchers[*].type)
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