ShellCodeX vulnerability brief
HIGH
Received
CVE-2026-16627
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.
Published 12 Aug 2026, 18:17 UTC
Last modified 12 Aug 2026, 19:17 UTC
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Attack profile
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Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
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Affected products
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Weakness classification
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Source references
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