CVE-2026-16627

HIGH 7.7

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

CVSS Score

7.7

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

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.

CWE	CWE-79
Vendor	gitlab
Product	gitlab
Ecosystems	DevTools
Industries	Technology
Published	Aug 12, 2026
Last Updated	Aug 12, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Affected Versions

GitLab / GitLab

19.2 < 19.2.2

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

gitlab.com: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/606678 hackerone.com: https://hackerone.com/reports/3880796 docs.gitlab.com: https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-2-2-released/

Credits

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