Vulnerabilities / CVE-2026-85706

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CVE-2026-85706

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in GitLab

Published Modified CWE 22
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

Bitnami10.0CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by Bitnami.

Description

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.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
bitnami::Bitnami Vulnerability Databasegitlab18.11.12, 19.0.9, 19.1.8, 19.2.6, 19.3.2
chainguardgitlab-pages-19.1, gitlab-rails-ce-18.11, gitlab-rails-ce-19.0 and 8 more19.1.8-r0 and 3 more
minimosgitlab-cng-19.0, gitlab-cng-19.1, gitlab-cng-19.2 and 13 more19.0.9-r0 and 4 more
wolfigitlab-pages-19.1, gitlab-runner-19.219.1.8-r0 and 1 more
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SourcePackageFixed in
bitnami::Bitnami Vulnerability Databasegitlab18.11.12, 19.0.9, 19.1.8, 19.2.6, 19.3.2
chainguardgitlab-pages-19.119.1.8-r0
chainguardgitlab-rails-ce-18.1118.11.12-r0
chainguardgitlab-rails-ce-19.019.0.9-r0
chainguardgitlab-rails-ce-fips-18.1118.11.12-r0
chainguardgitlab-rails-ce-fips-19.019.0.9-r0
chainguardgitlab-runner-19.219.2.6-r0
chainguardgitlab-runner-fips-19.219.2.6-r0
chainguardgitlab-workhorse-ce-18.1118.11.12-r0
chainguardgitlab-workhorse-ce-19.019.0.9-r0
chainguardgitlab-workhorse-ce-fips-18.1118.11.12-r0
chainguardgitlab-workhorse-ce-fips-19.019.0.9-r0
minimosgitlab-cng-19.019.0.9-r0
minimosgitlab-cng-19.119.1.8-r0
minimosgitlab-cng-19.219.2.6-r0
minimosgitlab-cng-19.319.3.2-r0
minimosgitlab-cng-fips-18.1118.11.12-r0
minimosgitlab-cng-fips-19.019.0.9-r0
minimosgitlab-cng-fips-19.119.1.8-r0
minimosgitlab-cng-fips-19.219.2.6-r0
minimosgitlab-cng-fips-19.319.3.2-r0
minimosgitlab-rails-19.119.1.8-r0
minimosgitlab-rails-19.219.2.6-r0
minimosgitlab-rails-19.319.3.2-r0
minimosgitlab-runner-19.219.2.6-r0
minimosgitlab-runner-19.319.3.2-r0
minimosgitlab-runner-fips-19.219.2.6-r0
minimosgitlab-runner-fips-19.319.3.2-r0
wolfigitlab-pages-19.119.1.8-r0
wolfigitlab-runner-19.219.2.6-r0

References

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