Missing Authorization Affecting gitlab-operator-fips package, versions <3.2.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.41% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-GITLABOPERATORFIPS-18007734
  • published17 Jul 2026
  • disclosed14 Sept 2026

Introduced: 17 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-53718  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-862  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard gitlab-operator-fips to version 3.2.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gitlab-operator-fips package and not the gitlab-operator-fips package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

Envoy Gateway is an open source project for managing Envoy Proxy as a standalone or Kubernetes-based application gateway. Prior to 1.7.4 and 1.8.1, an HTTPRoute can use an extension-managed custom backendRef to reference a backend resource in another namespace without a matching Gateway API ReferenceGrant in the target namespace. The custom-backend branch in internal/gatewayapi/route.go omits validateBackendNamespace, allowing the route-owning namespace to bind to and use the resource without the backend namespace owner's consent and violating the Gateway API cross-namespace authorization model. This issue is fixed in versions 1.7.4 and 1.8.1.