CVE-2026-18252 (GCVE-0-2026-18252)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-26 13:36 – Updated: 2026-08-26 15:39
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere in GitLab
Summary
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.9 before 19.1.7, 19.2 before 19.2.5, and 19.3 before 19.3.1 that, under certain conditions, an authenticated user with developer-role permissions could have executed arbitrary commands in a CI context, due to the Claude agent processing configuration from a user-controlled source.
Severity
7.3 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-26 15:39 UTC
CWE
- CWE-829 - Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items… | |
| https://hackerone.com/reports/3863650 | technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required |
| https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-re… |
Impacted products
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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