Vulnerability details
CVE-2026-16627
GitLab GitLab
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in GitLab
CVSS 3.1
7.7High
Official description
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.
CVSS scores
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.7High | 3.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (GitLab) | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitLab | GitLab | 19.2 ≤ v < 19.2.2 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
References and advisories
3- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/606678
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3880796 technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
- https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-2-2-released/
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Details
- Published
- 2026-08-12
- Last updated
- 2026-08-13
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- GitLab
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.47%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
41.5%
Percentile (among all CVEs)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- No
- Exploitation
- None
- Technical impact
- Total
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')