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CVE-2026-78252: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in GitLab

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-09-16 · updated 2026-09-28
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.3 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions, an authenticated user could have induced a targeted user to perform unintended state-changing HTTP requests due to improper sanitization of user-controlled data in the Markdown JSON table renderer.

Affected products

• GitLab: from 15.3.0 before 19.1.8; from 19.2.0 before 19.2.6; from 19.3.0 before 19.3.2 — fixed in 19.1.8, 19.2.6, 19.3.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 19.1.8, 19.2.6, 19.3.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-3-2-released/
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/621447
• https://hackerone.com/reports/3917471

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