CVE-2026-7481

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

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.4 before 18.9.7, 18.10 before 18.10.6, and 18.11 before 18.11.3 that could have allowed an authenticated user with developer-role permissions to execute arbitrary JavaScript in other users' browsers due to improper input sanitization.

Affected

GitLab

CVSS v3.1 NVD

5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v3.1 GITLAB

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

EPSS

0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 33rd percentile

Published

2026-05-14

Updated

2026-05-15

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://hackerone.com/reports/3697379

Security advisories

• https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/05/13/patch-release-gitlab-18-11-3-released

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry