CVE-2026-1747 | Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel in GitLab

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.11 before 18.7.5, 18.8 before 18.8.5, and 18.9 before 18.9.1 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed Developer-role users with insufficient privileges to make unauthorized modifications to protected Conan packages.

Published: 2026-02-25 Last update: 2026-02-28 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-1747 is rated Low Risk (17.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.01%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-1747

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-02-26 0.01%

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-1747

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-1747

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-1747

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2026-1747 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (gitlab), 1 status rows across 1 suites (sid): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-1747
ubuntu medium CVE-2026-1747 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gitlab), 5 status rows across 5 suites (jammy, noble, questing, upstream, xenial): DNE 3, ignored 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-1747

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-1747

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gitlab gitlab >= 17.11.0, < 18.7.5 cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab >= 17.11.0, < 18.7.5 cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab >= 18.8.0, < 18.8.5 cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab >= 18.8.0, < 18.8.5 cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab 18.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:18.9.0:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab 18.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:18.9.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

References for CVE-2026-1747

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