# CVE-2024-8186: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in GitLab

> CVE-2024-8186: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in GitLab. CVSS 5.4 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2024-8186
Last updated: 2026-06-17T08:22:04Z

- Published: 2025-03-03 10:02 UTC · Updated: 2026-06-17 08:22 UTC · Assigner: GitLab
- CVSS: 5.4 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Medium · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS: 0.35%, 28th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-79

## Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.6 before 17.7.6, 17.8 before 17.8.4, and 17.9 before 17.9.1. An attacker could inject HMTL into the child item search potentially leading to XSS in certain situations.

## Affected vendors and products

- GitLab: GitLab

## Tracked companies

- [GitLab](https://rewindex.com/company/gitlab.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8186)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8186)
- [https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/480751](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/480751)
- [https://hackerone.com/reports/2655757](https://hackerone.com/reports/2655757)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2024-8186 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2024-8186.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2024-8186 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:14:28.999Z