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The vulnerability could let unauthenticated users access sensitive files from software-development environments.

CISA confirms active exploitation as watchTowr spots miscreants probing internet-facing servers

Overview On September 10, 2026, GitLab published a critical patch release for GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE). The release addresses CVE-2026-85706 , a critical path traversal vulnerability ( CWE-22 ) in the repository commits API with a CVSSv3.1 score of 10.0 . According to GitLab, improper path confinement and missing authentication enforcement could allow an unauthenticated user to read arbitrary files from an affected GitLab server under certain conditions. On September 11, 2026, CVE-2026-85706 was added to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's (CISA) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CISA set a remediation due date of September 14, 2026, for affected Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies and marked the vulnerability as subject to forensic triage requirements under Binding Operational Directive 26-04. Organizations running affected self-managed GitLab instances should remediate CVE-2026-85706 on an emergency basis, outside of normal patch cycles. Mitigation guidance A vendor-supplied update is available to remediate CVE-2026-85706. Organizations running affected self-mana

CISA warns that threat actors are exploiting a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 10.0

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned that hackers are now exploiting a maximum-severity GitLab vulnerability in attacks.

Serial Number: AV26-917 Date: September 11, 2026 As of September 10, 2026, GitLab is affected by vulnerabilities in the following product: GitLab Prior to 19.1.8 Prior to 19.2.6 Prior to 19.3.2 On September 11, 2026, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added CVE-2026-85706 to their Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Database. The Cyber Centre encourages users and administrators to review the provided web links and apply any necessary updates as they become available. GitLab Critical Patch Release: 19.3.2, 19.2.6, 19.1.8 | GitLab Docs GitLab release notes | GitLab Docs CISA KEV: CVE-2026-85706