# CVE-2026-13113 — GitLab

> As of 2026-08-20, CVE-2026-13113 is a MEDIUM-severity vulnerability in GitLab, CVSS v3.1 6.5, EPSS 0.2% (15.9th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2026-13113, most recently “GitLab Patches 13 Security Flaws (incl. CVE-2026-6267, CVE-2026-12436) Enabling Data Exposure, CI/CD Tampering, and DoS”.

**Last updated:** 2026-08-20

## What is CVE-2026-13113?

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.0 before 19.0.5, 19.1 before 19.1.3, and 19.2 before 19.2.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to merge code into a protected branch without the required approvals due to a race condition in approval rule processing.

The record classifies CVE-2026-13113 under weakness class [CWE-367](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-367). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on integrity. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 102 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v3.1 base score:** 6.5 — MEDIUM (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15.9% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 3.9/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2026-07-29, last modified 2026-08-20

## Is CVE-2026-13113 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 21 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

## Affected products and versions

- [GitLab](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/vendors/gitlab): GitLab

## How to fix CVE-2026-13113

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-13113 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-13113

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-13113, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

- [GitLab Patches 13 Security Flaws (incl. CVE-2026-6267, CVE-2026-12436) Enabling Data Exposure, CI/CD Tampering, and DoS](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1806) — HIGH · 2026-07-29

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-10-10.

**Other references**

- [gitlab.com](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/597838)
- [docs.gitlab.com](https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-2-1-released/)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-13113
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