What is CVE-2026-10053?

CVE-2026-10053 is a high-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.5/10. Published 2026-08-23.

How severe is CVE-2026-10053?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in GitLab

CVE-2026-10053

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.8 before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to achieve remote code execution due to a path traversal vulnerability in the package registry.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Gitlab

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

cve@gitlab.com
cve@gitlab.com (technical-description, permissions-required, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-10053?: CVE-2026-10053 is a high-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.5/10. Published 2026-08-23.
How severe is CVE-2026-10053?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.5 out of 10.