01 Record
CVE-2026-19478
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in GitLab
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: GitLab
CNA base score9.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in GitLab
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 2.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-02.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-08-17 20:04Z2 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-08-17 20:44Z2 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-08-10
- Assigning CNA
- GitLab
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 3c2ee18e33ad41c8a55cb0822310666ed392dd195bc79f82bbae6f1f59b5e5e8
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/611377
- hackerone.comHackerOne Bug Bounty Report #3926431https://hackerone.com/reports/3926431
- docs.gitlab.comhttps://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-2-4-released/
07 Remediation
Upgrade to versions 18.11.11, 19.0.8, 19.1.6, 19.2.4 or above.