CVE-2026-18252

high

Description

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.

References

https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-3-1-released/

https://hackerone.com/reports/3863650

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/607342

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-26

Updated: 2026-08-27

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.3

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00338