What is CVE-2026-8030?

CVE-2026-8030 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-09-16.

How severe is CVE-2026-8030?

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

Auth bypass in GitLab

CVE-2026-8030

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 13.0 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to prevent another user from modifying their group settings due to improper validation of group URL slugs during namespace transfers.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

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:N/A:L.

Affected products

Gitlab

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-8030?: CVE-2026-8030 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-09-16.
How severe is CVE-2026-8030?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.