Vulnerability · CVE-2026-19478
GitLab GitLab Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Published Aug 17, 2026 · catalog updated Aug 19, 2026 · GitLab GitLab
Patch now
CVE-2026-19478 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm GitLab GitLab against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- Severity
- Unknown—
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 60.20%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- vendor GitLab GitLab
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. Initial-access exploit intelligence.
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- vendor GitLab GitLabversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2026-19478
Recommended remediation
Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2026-19478 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm GitLab GitLab against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 60.20%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Aug 17, 2026 · GitLab Security Releases
Detected
On August 17, 2026, we released versions 19.2.4, 19.1.6, 19.0.8, 18.11.11 for GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE). These versions contain important bug and security fixes, and we strongly recommend that all self-managed GitLab installations be upgraded to one of these versions immediately. GitLab.com and GitLab Dedicated are already running the patched version. GitLab.com and
Aug 19, 2026 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
Aug 19, 2026 · VulnCheck KEV
Updated
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. Initial-access exploit intelligence.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-19478
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-19478
30-day exploitation probability 60.2%
first.org - GitLab Security ReleasesVendor advisoryCVE-2026-19478
On August 17, 2026, we released versions 19.2.4, 19.1.6, 19.0.8, 18.11.11 for GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE). These versions contain important bug and security fixes, and we strongly recommend that all self-managed GitLab installations be upgraded to on
docs.gitlab.com - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2026-19478
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
vulncheck.com
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.