CVE-2026-16627 PUBLISHED

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in GitLab

Assigner: GitLab
Reserved: 22.07.2026 Published: 12.08.2026 Updated: 13.08.2026

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer-role permissions to escalate privileges due to improper sanitization of HTML content rendered in a CI job modal.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 7.7

Product Status

Vendor GitLab
Product GitLab
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 19.2 to 19.2.2 (excl.)

Solutions

Upgrade to version 19.2.2 or above.

Credits

  • Thanks [3nvz](https://hackerone.com/3nvz) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') CWE