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CVE-2017-8778

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-05-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

GitLab before 8.14.9, 8.15.x before 8.15.6, and 8.16.x before 8.16.5 has XSS via a SCRIPT element in an issue attachment or avatar that is an SVG document.

Affected products

• GitLab: through 8.14.9; 8.15.0, 8.15.1, 8.15.2, 8.15.3, 8.15.4, 8.15.5 (+5)

References

• https://about.gitlab.com/2017/02/15/gitlab-8-dot-16-dot-5-security-release/
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/27471
• https://about.gitlab.com/2017/02/15/gitlab-8-dot-16-dot-5-security-release/
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/27471

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