An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting only version 16.0.0
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A path traversal flaw in GitLab CE/EE version 16.0.0 lets a malicious user read arbitrary files on the server. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit it over the network without user interaction, but only when an attachment exists in a public project nested within at least five groups.
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting only version 16.0.0. An unauthenticated malicious user can use a path traversal vulnerability to read arbitrary files on the server when an attachment exists in a public project nested within at least five groups.
- Exploited
- Yes, in VulnCheck KEV
- Reports
- 0
- Tactics
- 0/15
Exploitation timelineDated milestones for a CVE: when it was disclosed, when exploit code became public, when exploitation was confirmed, and when threat reports named it.
First seen exploited 3 years after disclosure. Public exploit code (Metasploit) was available 3 days before disclosure.
- Public exploit codeMetasploit3 days before
- Disclosedday 0
- First seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidence+3 yrs
MITRE ATT&CKA public catalogue of the techniques attackers use, maintained by MITRE. Patchfirst uses it to describe what attackers do with a vulnerability. techniques
No techniques linkedNo ATT&CK techniques are linked to this CVE yet. MITRE CTID has not mapped it, and no report passage in the corpus ties it to a technique.
What security researchers reported
Not named in any threat report yetAlso mentioned in 9 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)
Weaker evidencePulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.
- GitLab AI Gateway Critical RCE CVE-2026-90970 (Self-Hosted Duo)6 Oct 2026
- Dell CSM Max-Severity K8s Auth Bypass & Cluster Compromise (CVE-2026-63688 et al.)3 Oct 2026
- CVE-2026-85706 GitLab Unauth File Read Actively Exploited (CISA KEV)15 Sep 2026
- GitLab Critical Path Traversal CVE-2026-85706 + EE Deserialization CVE-2026-8771912 Sep 2026
- DreamBus Botnet Exploiting execution Flaw in RocketMQ servers31 Aug 2023
- DreamBus Botnet Exploiting execution Flaw in RocketMQ servers31 Aug 2023
- 3 more on OTX