GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 10.1 before 19.3.6, 19.4 before 19.4.3, and 19.5 before 19.5.1 that, when OmniAuth SAML and LDAP auto-linking were both enabled, an authenticated user could have taken over an existing LDAP-backed account without any interaction from the targeted user, due to improper input sanitization in the LDAP email lookup path used during OmniAuth identity linking.
History

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 14:15:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:19.5.0:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:19.5.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:45:00 +0000

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Description GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 10.1 before 19.3.6, 19.4 before 19.4.3, and 19.5 before 19.5.1 that, when OmniAuth SAML and LDAP auto-linking were both enabled, an authenticated user could have taken over an existing LDAP-backed account without any interaction from the targeted user, due to improper input sanitization in the LDAP email lookup path used during OmniAuth identity linking.
Title Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an LDAP Query ('LDAP Injection') in GitLab
First Time appeared Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
Weaknesses CWE-90
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published: 2026-10-21T23:35:15.434Z

Updated: 2026-10-23T10:58:00.648Z

Reserved: 2026-07-14T13:04:45.612Z

Link: CVE-2026-15723

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-23T10:57:57.610Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-10-22T01:16:59.477

Modified: 2026-10-27T14:09:28.953

Link: CVE-2026-15723

cve-icon Redhat

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