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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-9243

GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions version 8.4 up to 10.4 are vulnerable to XSS because a lack of input validation in the merge request component leads to cross site scripting (specifically, filenames in changes tabs of merge requests). This is fixed in 10.6.3, 10.5.7, and 10.4.7.

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CVE-2018-9243
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1 Nov 2026, 08:21 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-9243

core-osv · Original source

Published 5 Apr 2018, 14:29 UTC

GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions version 8.4 up to 10.4 are vulnerable to XSS because a lack of input validation in the merge request component leads to cross site scripting (specifically, filenames in changes tabs of merge requests). This is fixed in 10.6.3, 10.5.7, and 10.4.7.

osv:CVE-2018-9243
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-9243",
  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions version 8.4 up to 10.4 are vulnerable to XSS because a lack of input validation in the merge request component leads to cross site scripting (specifically, filenames in changes tabs of merge requests). This is fixed in 10.6.3, 10.5.7, and 10.4.7.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-30T10:30:20.836982778Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://about.gitlab.com/2018/04/04/security-release-gitlab-10-dot-6-dot-3-released/",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 440999,
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}