Cross-site scripting in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2026-16627
Published: August 13, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU142366
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-2026-16627
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges.
The vulnerability exists due to cross-site scripting in CI manual job confirmation modal when rendering HTML content in a CI job modal. A remote user can inject crafted HTML content to escalate privileges.
User interaction is required.
Affected software
Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition
How to mitigate CVE-2026-16627
Install security update from vendor's website.
Gitlab Community Edition - update to 19.2.2
GitLab Enterprise Edition - update to 19.2.2
GitLab Enterprise Edition - update to 19.2.2