CVE-2026-6896

HIGH 8.7

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

CVSS Score

8.7

EPSS Score

0.3%

EPSS Percentile

27th

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 13.11 before 18.11.7, 19.0 before 19.0.4, and 19.1 before 19.1.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer-role permissions to execute arbitrary scripts in another user's browser session due to improper sanitization of user-supplied input.

CWE	CWE-79
Vendor	gitlab
Product	gitlab
Ecosystems	DevTools
Industries	Technology
Published	Jul 8, 2026
Last Updated	Jul 9, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Affected Versions

GitLab / GitLab

13.11 < 18.11.7 19.0 < 19.0.4 19.1 < 19.1.2

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

gitlab.com: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/597887 hackerone.com: https://hackerone.com/reports/3682085 docs.gitlab.com: https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-1-2-released/

Credits

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