GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 15.5 before 18.10.8, 18.11 before 18.11.5, and 19.0 before 19.0.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with group Owner role to take over another group member's GitLab account due to improper authorization in the Group SAML identity management functionality.

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Solution

Upgrade to versions 18.10.8, 18.11.5, 19.0.2 or above.


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History

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 15.5 before 18.10.8, 18.11 before 18.11.5, and 19.0 before 19.0.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with group Owner role to take over another group member's GitLab account due to improper authorization in the Group SAML identity management functionality.
Title Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in GitLab
First Time appeared Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
Weaknesses CWE-639
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-11T12:32:35.349Z

Reserved: 2026-04-17T21:34:28.848Z

Link: CVE-2026-6552

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-11T12:32:32.497Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-06-11T12:16:32.347

Modified: 2026-06-11T12:16:32.347

Link: CVE-2026-6552

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-11T13:30:14Z

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