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GHSA-V4CX-JMP6-MGF4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-25 18:31 – Updated: 2026-03-25 18:31

Details

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.7 before 18.8.7, 18.9 before 18.9.3, and 18.10 before 18.10.1 that could have allowed an authenticated user to execute arbitrary JavaScript in a user's browser due to improper sanitization of entity-encoded content in Mermaid diagrams.

Severity ?

5.4 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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  "id": "GHSA-v4cx-jmp6-mgf4",
  "modified": "2026-03-25T18:31:53Z",
  "published": "2026-03-25T18:31:53Z",
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/3566802"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/03/25/patch-release-gitlab-18-10-1-released"
    },
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CVE-2026-2973 (GCVE-0-2026-2973)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-25 16:34 – Updated: 2026-03-26 17:24

Title

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in GitLab

Summary

Severity ?

5.4 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

GitLab

References

URL

Tags

	https://hackerone.com/reports/3566802	technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
	https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items…
	https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/03/25/patc…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	GitLab	GitLab	Affected: 17.7 , < 18.8.7 (semver) Affected: 18.9 , < 18.9.3 (semver) Affected: 18.10 , < 18.10.1 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab::::::::

Credits

Thanks [go7f0](https://hackerone.com/go7f0) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program

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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-V4CX-JMP6-MGF4

CVE-2026-2973 (GCVE-0-2026-2973)

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