CVE-2026-16255

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 64/100
Published: 2026-10-22 Modified: 2026-10-29 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Interaction Conf. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: Low
A: None

Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 12.0 before 19.3.6, 19.4 before 19.4.3, and 19.5 before 19.5.1 that, when the instance-wide SAML or LDAP membership lock was enabled, an authenticated user could have granted or accepted project and group membership outside the identity provider's control, due to incomplete enforcement of the membership lock on requests created before the lock was enabled.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (2)

VendorProductVersion
gitlab gitlab 12.0.0 – 19.3.6
gitlab gitlab 19.5.0

Bug Bounty Relevance

64 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

7.1 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.21%
Raw Score 0.002090
Percentile 11.1%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00209
2026-10-28
0.00209

Intelligence Sources

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