# CVE-2026-85706 — GitLab **CISA KEV** > As of 2026-09-12, CVE-2026-85706 is a CRITICAL-severity vulnerability in GitLab, CVSS v3.1 10, EPSS 1.1% (64.9th percentile). It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2026-09-11), with a US federal remediation deadline of 2026-09-14. Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2026-85706, most recently “GitLab Patches Max-Severity Unauthenticated Path Traversal Flaw in Repository Commits API (CVE-2026-85706, CVSS 10.0)”. **Last updated:** 2026-09-12 ## What is CVE-2026-85706? GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions, an unauthenticated user could have read arbitrary files from the GitLab server due to improper path confinement and missing authentication enforcement in the repository commits API. The record classifies CVE-2026-85706 under weakness class [CWE-22](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-22). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 23 days ago. ## Severity and exploitation probability - **CVSS v3.1 base score:** 10 — CRITICAL (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N`) - **EPSS (FIRST):** 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64.9% of all scored CVEs - **CISA KEV:** Listed since 2026-09-11, federal remediation deadline 2026-09-14 - **Threadlinqs priority:** 9/10 — CISA KEV-listed, which Threadlinqs floors at 9 - **Published:** 2026-09-12 ## Is CVE-2026-85706 being exploited? CISA added CVE-2026-85706 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-09-11, which means the agency holds evidence of exploitation in the wild; US federal civilian agencies had to remediate it by 2026-09-14 under BOD 22-01. Weaponised exploit code for CVE-2026-85706 is publicly available. 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are tracked for this identifier. It currently carries a trending score of 64 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed. - [guneykabel/cve-2026-85706](https://github.com/guneykabel/cve-2026-85706) (github) - [ynsmroztas/GitLabSniper](https://github.com/ynsmroztas/GitLabSniper) (github) - [mhtsec/CVE-2026-85706](https://github.com/mhtsec/CVE-2026-85706) (github) - [FlowerWitch/CVE-2026-85706_docker_exp](https://github.com/FlowerWitch/CVE-2026-85706_docker_exp) (github) - [jithinkrishnanrs/gitlab-cve-2026-85706-ioc](https://github.com/jithinkrishnanrs/gitlab-cve-2026-85706-ioc) (github) - [solivaquaant/CVE-2026-85706](https://github.com/solivaquaant/CVE-2026-85706) (github) ## Affected products and versions - [GitLab](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/vendors/gitlab): GitLab ## How to fix CVE-2026-85706 Because CVE-2026-85706 is KEV-listed, US federal civilian agencies were required to apply the vendor fix, or stop using the product, by 2026-09-14. No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-85706 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-2026-85706 1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-85706, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record. - [GitLab Patches Max-Severity Unauthenticated Path Traversal Flaw in Repository Commits API (CVE-2026-85706, CVSS 10.0)](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-2442) — CRITICAL · 2026-09-11 ## Sources Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, CISA KEV, GitHub Security Advisories, public proof-of-concept repositories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-09-12. **Exploit and proof of concept** - [hackerone.com — technical description](https://hackerone.com/reports/3909881) **Other references** - [gitlab.com](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/627748) Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-85706 Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-85706 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp