Advisoriesby IbisGitLabCVE-2026-16627
GitLab: privilege escalation
Fix: upgrade to 19.2.2 or later
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer-role permissions to escalate privileges due to improper sanitization of HTML content rendered in a CI job modal.
Affected versions
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| GitLab Product | >= 19.2, < 19.2.2 | 19.2.2 |
Details and references
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Severity from
- the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
- Weakness
- CWE-79