# CVE-2026-2995: Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) in GitLab

> CVE-2026-2995: Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) in GitLab. CVSS 7.7 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-2995
Last updated: 2026-06-17T10:32:27Z

- Published: 2026-03-25 16:33 UTC · Updated: 2026-06-17 10:32 UTC · Assigner: GitLab
- CVSS: 7.7 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS: 0.19%, 9th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-80

## Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 15.4 before 18.8.7, 18.9 before 18.9.3, and 18.10 before 18.10.1 that could have allowed an authenticated user to add email addresses to targeted user accounts due to improper sanitization of HTML content.

## 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-2026-2995)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-2995)
- [https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/03/25/patch-release-gitlab-18-10-1-released/](https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/03/25/patch-release-gitlab-18-10-1-released/)
- [https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work\_items/591065](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/591065)
- [https://hackerone.com/reports/3564600](https://hackerone.com/reports/3564600)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-2995 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-2995.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2026-2995 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:46:05.120Z