CVE-2026-1516 PUBLISHED

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in GitLab

Assigner: GitLab
Reserved: 28.01.2026 Published: 08.04.2026 Updated: 08.04.2026

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.0.0 before 18.8.9, 18.9 before 18.9.5, and 18.10 before 18.10.3 that in Code Quality reports could have allowed an authenticated user to leak IP addresses of users viewing the report via specially crafted content.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 5.7

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	Low	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	Required	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	GitLab
Product	GitLab
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 18.0.0 to 18.8.9 (excl.) affected from 18.9 to 18.9.5 (excl.) affected from 18.10 to 18.10.3 (excl.)

Solutions

Upgrade to versions 18.8.9, 18.9.5, 18.10.3 or above.

Credits

Thanks [maksyche](https://hackerone.com/maksyche) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program finder

References

Problem Types

CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') CWE