CVE-2026-5816

high

Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.10 before 18.10.4 and 18.11 before 18.11.1 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary JavaScript in a user's browser session due to improper path validation under certain conditions.

References

https://hackerone.com/reports/3572231

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/592816

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/04/22/patch-release-gitlab-18-11-1-released/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-04-22

Updated: 2026-04-23

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.4

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.1

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00012