Vulnerability intelligence

CVE-2026-6896

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 13.11 before 18.11.7, 19.0 before 19.0.4, and 19.1 before 19.1.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer-role permissions to execute arbitrary scripts in another user's browser session due to improper sanitization of user-supplied input.

CVSS Score

8.7

High

EPSS — Exploit Probability

0.4%

Riskier than 32% of all CVEs

Exploitation

Not in CISA KEV

No federal exploitation record

Remediation

Patch available

Vendor fix published

NVD entry Vendor patch PoC / advisory

1 article across 1 outlet · first covered Jul 9, 2026 · latest Jul 9, 2026

Coverage timeline

GitLab fixes critical XSS bug CVE-2026-6896 for developer roles
securityonline.info · Jul 9, 2026