Rejected account-takeover claim in Group SAML
Published Jun 11, 2026 · Updated Jun 11, 2026
A rejected report in GitLab Group SAML identity management alleged that group Owners could take over another member's account. GitLab determined that linking a Group SAML identity requires the member's explicit consent for the group to control account sign-in, making subsequent Owner management expected behavior rather than an authorization bypass. The CNA states that no GitLab version was affected, so the prior version ranges and security-impact claim no longer apply.
Summary
What happened
A rejected report in GitLab Group SAML identity management alleged that group Owners could take over another member's account. GitLab determined that linking a Group SAML identity requires the member's explicit consent for the group to control account sign-in, making subsequent Owner management expected behavior rather than an authorization bypass. The CNA states that no GitLab version was affected, so the prior version ranges and security-impact claim no longer apply.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-6552
- Published
- Jun 11, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 11, 2026
- Vendor
- GitLab
- Product
- GitLab
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- Unavailable
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- Jun 11, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=15.5 <18.10.8
- Affected versionversion=18.11 <18.11.5
- Affected versionversion=19.0 <19.0.2
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