What is CVE-2026-104661?

CVE-2026-104661 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-10-13.

How severe is CVE-2026-104661?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in GitLab

CVE-2026-104661

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.0 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.5, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an authenticated user holding a custom role with compliance framework administration permissions to configure and execute a specially crafted compliance pipeline across group projects due to improper privilege assignment.

Published 2026-10-13 · last modified 2026-10-13.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

GitLab

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-266 — Incorrect Privilege Assignment

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-104661?: CVE-2026-104661 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-10-13.
How severe is CVE-2026-104661?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.