Cross-site scripting in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2026-6335

 

Cross-site scripting in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2026-6335

Published: May 18, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU131678
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-6335
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code in another user's browser session.

The vulnerability exists due to improper sanitization in Banzai markdown sanitizer when rendering crafted markdown content. A remote user can inject crafted script content to execute arbitrary code in another user's browser session.

User interaction is required to view the crafted content.


Affected software

Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition

How to mitigate CVE-2026-6335

Install security update from vendor's website.

Gitlab Community Edition - update to 18.11.3
GitLab Enterprise Edition - update to 18.11.3

External References

Related Security Bulletins