GitLab urged users to immediately patch a maximum-severity path traversal vulnerability (CVE-2026-85706) in its repository commits API that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary data from vulnerable servers. Cybersecurity firm watchTowr reported that attackers are already probing for unpatched GitLab instances. The company also patched a second critical deserialization vulnerability (CVE-2026-87719) affecting GitLab Enterprise Edition.