CVE-2026-88765Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') in GitLab
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GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 12.3 to 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 under certain conditions could allow an authenticated user to achieve remote code execution by importing a specially crafted Git project export to overflow the Unicode conversion buffer used in Advanced Search indexing.
- CVSS
- 8.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-77
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- GitLab
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Sep 16, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
GitLab GitLab gitlab:gitlab | from 12.3 before 19.1.8; from 19.2 before 19.2.6; from 19.3 before 19.3.2 | CNA record |
gitlab gitlab gitlab:gitlab | from 12.3.0 before 19.1.8; from 19.2.0 before 19.2.6; from 19.3.0 before 19.3.2 | NVD |
References
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/627435broken-link
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3990469technical-description, exploit, permissions-required
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