CVE-2026-16627

⚠️ high

Summary

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer-role permissions to escalate privileges due to improper sanitization of HTML content rendered in a CI job modal.

CVSS Score

7.7

High

EPSS Score

0.4

Exploit Probability

Published Date

2026-08-12

First Seen: 2026-08-13

📊 Relative Risk Intelligence

This CVE is Moderate Risk - more severe than 68.7% of all 348,756 vulnerabilities in our database.

#109,139

Above average severity

Severity Percentile

🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: Aug 12, 2026

🔍 Exploitation Status

None

No known exploits

⚙️ Automatable

Requires human interaction

💥 Technical Impact

Total

Complete system compromise possible

🏆 Discovered By

Thanks [3nvz](https://hackerone.com/3nvz) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program

SSVC data provided by CISA

Last Modified 2026-08-19

Source NVD 🔗

CVSS Vector 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

CWE IDs (Weakness Types)

CWE-79

📦 Affected Products 1

Vendor	Product	Status	Affected Versions
gitlab	gitlab	Affected	> 19.2.0 < 19.2.2

🔗 References 3

https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-relea...

Release Notes Vendor Advisory

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/60...

Broken Link

https://hackerone.com/reports/3880796

Permissions Required

🔗 Related CVEs 6

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CVE-2026-15423	⚠️ high	8.5	0.3	GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 19.0 before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 1...	2026-08-12
CVE-2026-18244	🔶 medium	4.3	0.2	GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.7 before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 19.2...	2026-08-12
CVE-2026-7427	🔶 medium	5.3	0.5	GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.5 before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 1...	2026-08-12
CVE-2026-8667	🔶 medium	4.3	0.2	GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.6 before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 1...	2026-08-12
CVE-2025-9486	ℹ️ low	3.3	0.2	GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 15.6 before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 19.2...	2026-08-12
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