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CVE-2026-1090 (GCVE-0-2026-1090)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-11 16:05 – Updated: 2026-03-12 13:32
VLAI
Title
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in GitLab
Summary
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 10.6 before 18.7.6, 18.8 before 18.8.6, and 18.9 before 18.9.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user, when the `markdown_placeholders` feature flag was enabled, to inject JavaScript in a browser due to improper sanitization of placeholder content in markdown processing.
Severity
8.7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-03-12 03:55 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
GitLab GitLab Affected: 10.6 , < 18.7.6 (semver)
Affected: 18.8 , < 18.8.6 (semver)
Affected: 18.9 , < 18.9.2 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Thanks [yvvdwf](https://hackerone.com/yvvdwf) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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