Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 12.3 to 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 under certain conditions could allow an authenticated user to achieve remote code execution by importing a specially crafted Git project export to overflow the Unicode conversion buffer used in Advanced Search indexing.
Published: 2026-09-15
Score: 8.5 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to versions 19.1.8, 19.2.6, 19.3.2 or above.

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History

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 12.3 to 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 under certain conditions could allow an authenticated user to achieve remote code execution by importing a specially crafted Git project export to overflow the Unicode conversion buffer used in Advanced Search indexing.
Title Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') in GitLab
First Time appeared Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
Weaknesses CWE-77
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-15T17:05:55.281Z

Reserved: 2026-09-10T06:58:38.570Z

Link: CVE-2026-88765

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-15T18:19:36.203

Modified: 2026-09-15T18:19:36.203

Link: CVE-2026-88765

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses