ACTIVELY EXPLOITED
CVE-2026-85706: GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Path Traversal Vulnerability
| Vendor | GitLab |
|---|---|
| Product | Community Edition and Enterprise Edition |
| Actively exploited | Yes |
| Added to CISA KEV | 11 Sep 2026 |
| CISA federal deadline | 14 Sep 2026 |
| Weakness (CWE) | CWE-35 |
Required action (CISA's text)
Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
Description (NVD)
GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated user to read arbitrary files due to an improper path confinement and missing authentication enforcement in the repository commits API.
SOURCES
Other GitLab flaws
- CVE-2026-97229: GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Integer Overflow or Wraparound Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-22175: GitLab Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-39935: GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability
- CVE-2023-7028: GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Improper Access Control Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-22205: GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Data from NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS and vendor advisories. Updated 10 Nov 2026.