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CVE-2026-16255

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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.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.1 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-22 01:16:59.613000
Last modified
2026-11-04 23:10:00.223000
View original CVE JSON
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  "lastModified": "2026-11-04T23:10:00.223",
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