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.
Published: 2026-08-12
Score: 7.7 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to version 19.2.2 or above.

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History

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in GitLab
First Time appeared Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

Subscriptions

Gitlab Gitlab
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-12T18:42:22.636Z

Reserved: 2026-07-22T15:34:40.217Z

Link: CVE-2026-16627

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-12T18:42:19.822Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-12T18:17:24.160

Modified: 2026-08-12T19:17:29.913

Link: CVE-2026-16627

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-79

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