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GitLab urges users to patch max severity path traversal flaw
Reported by BleepingComputer · Sep 11, 2026 11:15 AM
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What is being reported
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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