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CVE-2026-6896: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in GitLab

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-07-08 · updated 2026-10-25
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

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.

Affected products

• GitLab: from 13.11.0 before 18.11.7; from 19.0.0 before 19.0.4; from 19.1.0 before 19.1.2 — fixed in 18.11.7, 19.0.4, 19.1.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 18.11.7, 19.0.4, 19.1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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

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