GitLab Path Traversal Vulnerability
FortiGuard Labs has observed attack activity targeting CVE-2026-85706, a critical path traversal vulnerability in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition. The vulnerability affects the repository commits API and can allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to read arbitrary files from a vulnerable GitLab server due to improper path confinement and missing authentication enforcement. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 10.0 and requires no privileges or user interaction. CVE-2026-85706 was added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on September 11, 2026. Public exploit and proof-of-concept material has also emerged, increasing the potential for exploitation agains
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- Vendor
- Fortinet, GitLab
- Product
- GitLab
- CVSS
- 10.0
- Exploitation
- observed in the wild
- Fix
- not yet available
- Exposure class
- Developer platform
Why it ranks 68 (High)
- Exploitation observed in the wild
- CVSS 10.0 critical
- Product class: developer platform
- Covered by 4 independent sources
- Vendor security advisory
- Recency: items published within 24 hours gain 15, within 72 hours 6, within 7 days 2.
Links
- FortiGuard Outbreak Alerts (fortiguard.fortinet.com)
- CVE-2026-85706 on this site · NVD · CVE.org · Vulnpedia
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