CVE-2026-12436: Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes in GitLab
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Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-12436 is a high (CVSS 8.4) vulnerability in gitlab. EPSS estimates a 0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Public exploit (reference, Date unknown)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 1Timeline
- 29-07-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 31-07-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.0 before 19.0.5, 19.1 before 19.1.3, and 19.2 before 19.2.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to modify CI/CD configuration belonging to another user due to improper validation of user-supplied attributes when processing pipeline schedule inputs.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated8.4HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated8.4HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
- NVDNIST8.4HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
EPSS trend
Probability
0.46%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
40%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.46% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (hackerone.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Chainguard122 products
- gitaly-config-18.11< 18.11.7-r0
- gitlab-base-18.11< 18.11.7-r0
- gitlab-base-fips-18.11< 18.11.7-r5
- gitlab-certificates-18.11< 18.11.7-r0
- gitlab-cfssl-self-sign-scripts-18.11< 18.11.7-r0
Wolfi18 products
- gitlab-docker-machine-18.11< 18.11.4-r2
- gitlab-docker-machine-19.0< 19.0.3-r0
- gitlab-docker-machine-19.1< 19.1.2-r1
- gitlab-runner-18.11< 18.11.4-r2
- gitlab-runner-19.0< 19.0.3-r0
Gitlab1 product
- gitlabEOL≥ 18.0, < 19.0.5 | ≥ 19.1, < 19.1.3 | ≥ 19.2, < 19.2.1 | ≥ 18.0.0, < 19.0.5 | ≥ 19.1.0, < 19.1.3 | 19.2.0
3 vendors · 141 products
References
5 links- docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-2-1-released/WEBRelease NotesVendor Advisory