CVE•Published 2026-07-08•Modified 2026-07-09•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-6896Gitlab · Gitlab

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

8.7

HIGH

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

EPSS percentile

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Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 13.11 before 18.11.7, 19.0 before 19.0.4, and 19.1 before 19.1.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer-role permissions to execute arbitrary scripts in another user's browser session due to improper sanitization of user-supplied input.

Timeline

Published 2026-07-08

Modified 2026-07-09

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2026-6896

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Gitlab Gitlab"

All exposed Gitlab Gitlab instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Gitlab"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Gitlab" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2026-6896