SB2026081806 - Multiple vulnerabilities in GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE)
Published: August 18, 2026
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-19478)
CWE-ID: CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CVSSv4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within GraphQL directive. A remote attacker can modify or delete public projects and user data and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
2) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-19650)
CWE-ID: CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVSSv4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin in GraphQL multiplex query handler. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.