14 Sep, 2026

GitLab urges users to patch max severity path traversal flaw

GitLab urged users on Thursday to patch their servers immediately against a maximum-severity path traversal vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-85706. The security flaw, discovered by a security researcher using the ‘s3ntago‘ handle and reported via GitLab’s HackerOne bug bounty program, stems from improper path confinement and missing authentication enforcement in the repository commits API. Unauthenticated attackers can […]

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