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GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition: GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Path Traversal Vulnerability

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last updated Sep 11, 2026

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started: Sep 11, 2026
closed: Sep 11, 2026
CVEs: 1
sources: 3

## summary

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. Added to CISA KEV on 2026-09-11.

severity: Actively exploited (CISA KEV)

## cve ids[1]

CVE-2026-85706

## affected

See vendor advisory / CISA notes (versions not always listed in KEV feed)

## fixed in

See vendor advisory linked in sources

## timeline[1]

Sep 11, 2026
CISA added CVE-2026-85706 to the KEV catalog (due 2026-09-14).

## advisories[3]

## notes & caveats

Derived from CISA KEV JSON feed catalogVersion 2026.10.21. Exact affected/fixed version strings are not always in the KEV record — verify against the vendor advisory URL. startedAt uses dateAdded (exploitation may have begun earlier).

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