CVE-2026-88765

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') in GitLab

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 12.3 to 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 under certain conditions could allow an authenticated user to achieve remote code execution by importing a specially crafted Git project export to overflow the Unicode conversion buffer used in Advanced Search indexing.

Affected

GitLab

CVSS v3.1 GITLAB

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

EPSS

0.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 51st percentile

Published

2026-09-15

Updated

2026-09-16

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://hackerone.com/reports/3990469

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry