Medium
Security advisory
GitLab before 8.14.9, 8.15.x before 8.15.6, and 8.16.x before 8.16.5 has XSS via a SCRIPT element in an issue attachment or avatar that is an SVG document.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2017-8778
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 06:02 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
GitLab before 8.14.9, 8.15.x before 8.15.6, and 8.16.x before 8.16.5 has XSS via a SCRIPT element in an issue attachment or avatar that is an SVG document.
osv:CVE-2017-8778
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-30T10:31:05.586920916Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
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