CVE-2026-16627
What it is
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.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network with a low-privilege account, but needs a user to act. High risk of data exposure, data tampering.
- Exploit odds
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.5% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
- Record status
- Analyzed
Affected
- GitLab < 19.2.2
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.7
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
