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CVE-2026-5173

Status: AnalyzedHigh (8.5)—

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.9.6 before 18.8.9, 18.9 before 18.9.5, and 18.10 before 18.10.3 that could have allowed an authenticated user to invoke unintended server-side methods through websocket connections due to improper access control.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

AV:N, PR:L, UI:N indican acceso remoto autenticado sin interacción (T1210). Invocación de métodos server-side no autorizado permite ejecución de código remoto (T1059) y manipulación de datos (T1565.002) con impacto de confidencialidad alta e integridad baja.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Privileged Account ManagementDisable or Remove Feature or ProgramVulnerability ScanningThreat Intelligence ProgramRestrict Web-Based ContentNetwork Segmentation

Affected technologies (1)

Gitlab — Gitlab

CWEs

References

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