# CVE-2026-78252: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in GitLab

> CVE-2026-78252: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in GitLab. CVSS 8.2 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-78252
Last updated: 2026-09-28T13:26:58Z

- Published: 2026-09-16 06:33 UTC · Updated: 2026-09-28 13:26 UTC · Assigner: GitLab
- CVSS: 8.2 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
- EPSS: 0.27%, 19th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-79

## Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.3 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that, under certain conditions, an authenticated user could have induced a targeted user to perform unintended state-changing HTTP requests due to improper sanitization of user-controlled data in the Markdown JSON table renderer.

## 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-2026-78252)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78252)
- [https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-3-2-released/](https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-3-2-released/)
- [https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work\_items/621447](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/621447)
- [https://hackerone.com/reports/3917471](https://hackerone.com/reports/3917471)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-78252 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-78252.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2026-78252 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:11:01.133Z