GitLabCVE-2026-16627

GitLab: privilege escalation

High7.7CVE-2026-16627 · Published Aug 12, 2026 · updated Aug 19, 2026

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.

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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

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Date	Advisory	Severity	Fixed in
Aug 12	GitLab: missing authorization Medium4.3Aug 12 CVE-2026-682119.0.6+2 more	Medium4.3	19.0.6+2 more
Aug 12	GitLab: missing authorization Medium4.3Aug 12 CVE-2026-487919.0.6+2 more	Medium4.3	19.0.6+2 more
Aug 12	GitLab: improper authorization High8.5Aug 12 CVE-2026-1922819.1.4+1 more	High8.5	19.1.4+1 more
Aug 12	GitLab: improper authorization Medium4.3Aug 12 CVE-2026-1843319.1.4+1 more	Medium4.3	19.1.4+1 more
Aug 12	GitLab: missing authorization High7.1Aug 12 CVE-2026-1649419.1.4+1 more	High7.1	19.1.4+1 more
Aug 12	GitLab: cross-site scripting High8.7Aug 12 CVE-2026-1521619.0.6+2 more	High8.7	19.0.6+2 more

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