CVE-2026-19478: critical vulnerability in GitLab
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in GitLab
Published
97Vexday Risk Score
Patch now. It exploitation observed by VulnCheck and has a working public exploit.
ssvc Actcvss 9.4epss 60%
from disclosure to weapon1 days
Published on NVDAug 17
1st PoC+1d
VulnCheck+2d
exploitation probability
60%top 1% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
yesVulnCheck
13 public exploit(s)
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.2 before 18.11.11, 19.0 before 19.0.8, 19.1 before 19.1.6, and 19.2 before 19.2.4 that under certain conditions could allow an unauthenticated user to remotely modify or delete public projects and user data via a GraphQL directive.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
Affected products
GitLab · GitLabpublic PoCs found — 13
githubgithub.com/davkharrr/CVE-2026-19478-PoC★ 11githubgithub.com/dinosn/gitlab-cve-2026-19478-lab★ 11githubgithub.com/EQSTLab/CVE-2026-19478★ 4githubgithub.com/renzi25031469/CVE-2026-19478★ 1githubgithub.com/punitdarji/Gitlab-CVE-2026-19478★ 0githubgithub.com/n0xdaemon/cve-2026-19478★ 0vulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/637796c5f0a2unverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/0b0f4304735bunverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/9d73feb6058cunverifiedcve_referencehackerone.com/reports/3926431unverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/5945d183b18funverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/5f4dec31eb04unverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/20ec5b3a43f5unverified⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.
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