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Published Date: September 11, 2026

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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.

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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.

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