Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2026-2995

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Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2026-2995

Published: March 25, 2026 / Updated: March 25, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU124600
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-2995
CWE-ID: CWE-116
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to add email addresses to targeted user accounts.

The vulnerability exists due to improper sanitization of HTML content in the vulnerability report when rendering content. A remote user can inject malicious HTML content into a vulnerability report, which when viewed by another user, can add email addresses to their account.


Affected software

Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition

How to mitigate CVE-2026-2995

Install security update from vendor's website.

Gitlab Community Edition - addressed in versions 18.8.7, 18.9.3, 18.10.1
GitLab Enterprise Edition - addressed in versions 18.8.7, 18.9.3, 18.10.1

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