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CVE-2026-6883

Status: AnalyzedMedium (4.3)—

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 15.7 before 18.9.7, 18.10 before 18.10.6, and 18.11 before 18.11.3 that could have allowed an authenticated user to bypass merge request approval requirements due to improper cleanup of orphaned policy records.

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).

Affected technologies (1)

Gitlab — Gitlab

CWEs

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