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Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in GitLab

Type: advisorySources: OSV

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 19.1 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.5, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an authenticated user to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of other users' browser sessions via a specially crafted repository, due to improper sanitization of HTML attributes in syntax-highlighted output.

Products
gitlab
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
19.2.8, 19.3.5, 19.4.2
CVEs
CVE-2026-92883
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 19:51 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in GitLab

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 Oct 2026, 09:05 UTC

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 19.1 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.5, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an authenticated user to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of other users' browser sessions via a specially crafted repository, due to improper sanitization of HTML attributes in syntax-highlighted output.

osv:BIT-gitlab-2026-92883

gitlab

Fixed versions: 19.2.8, 19.3.5, 19.4.2

Complete source record
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  "id": "1e97abedea8c955e9b704e36985cd8e396a4e84ab630f7278a15544c55a75bf2",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-gitlab-2026-92883",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "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 19.1 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.5, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an authenticated user to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of other users' browser sessions via a specially crafted repository, due to improper sanitization of HTML attributes in syntax-highlighted output.",
    "evidence": "osv:BIT-gitlab-2026-92883",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "gitlab",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "19.2.8",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          },
          {
            "value": "19.3.5",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          },
          {
            "value": "19.4.2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "BIT-gitlab-2026-92883",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-gitlab-2026-92883",
        "CVE-2026-92883"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "SEMVER",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "19.1.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "19.2.8"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "19.3.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "19.3.5"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "19.4.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "19.4.2"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "gitlab",
            "purl": "pkg:bitnami/gitlab",
            "ecosystem": "Bitnami"
          },
          "severity": [
            {
              "type": "CVSS_V3",
              "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N"
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/gitlab/BIT-gitlab-2026-92883.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-16T09:45:16.284313885Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-2-released/",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/629523",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/3936831",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-92883"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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          "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*",
          "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*"
        ],
        "severity": "High"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-92883",
        "evidence": "/aliases"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/database_specific/severity"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 338347,
  "published_at": "2026-10-16T09:05:51.91+00:00"
}