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Vulnerability record · CVE-2026-16553 · published 29 July 2026

CVE-2026-16553: Gitlab insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability

Gitlab · Gitlab

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.8 before 19.0.5, 19.1 before 19.1.3, and 19.2 before 19.2.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed some sensitive information to be disclosed to an unintended host due to improper handling of upstream requests in virtual registries.

5.4 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.32% · top 77.8% CWE-522 · Insufficiently protected credentials
5.4CVSS 3.1 base score
0.32%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
3 Aug 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.8 before 19.0.5, 19.1 before 19.1.3, and 19.2 before 19.2.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed some sensitive information to be disclosed to an unintended host due to improper handling of upstream requests in virtual registries.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-2-1-released/ Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/603269 Broken Link

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2026-16553), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.