Cross-site request forgery in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2026-4922

 

Cross-site request forgery in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2026-4922

Published: May 18, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU131652
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-4922
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: GitLab, Inc
Affected software:
Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute GraphQL mutations on behalf of authenticated users.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient CSRF protection in GraphQL API when handling GraphQL mutation requests. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to execute GraphQL mutations on behalf of authenticated users.

User interaction is required.


How to mitigate CVE-2026-4922

Install security update from vendor's website.

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