Vulnerability · CVE-2026-96893
CVE-2026-96893 is listed by GitLab Critical Patch Release: 19.4.2, 19.3.5, 19.2.8.
Published Oct 12, 2026 · GitLab GitLab
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-96893. EPSS is 0.53%. Act only if a listed version of GitLab GitLab is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High—
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.53%
- Remediation
- Not established
- Affected products
- GitLab GitLab
CVE-2026-96893 is listed by GitLab Critical Patch Release: 19.4.2, 19.3.5, 19.2.8.
No affected version ranges are stored yet. Use the vendor advisory before you decide this record does not apply.
How to fix CVE-2026-96893
Recommended remediation
No required-action text, fix commit, or clear fixed-version range is stored yet.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-96893. EPSS is 0.53%. Act only if a listed version of GitLab GitLab is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.53%. There is no CISA KEV listing. 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.
Oct 13, 2026 · Tenable CVE Database
Detected
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 19.1 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.5, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an authenticated user to inject specially crafted content into AI agent instructions, potentially causing unintended command execution attributed to other users, due to improper neutralization of special elements i
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-96893
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-96893
30-day exploitation probability 0.5%
first.org - GitLab Security ReleasesVendor advisoryCVE-2026-96893
On October 12, 2026, we released versions 19.4.2, 19.3.5, 19.2.8 for GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE). 19.3.4 had a bug that affected merge request pages when the Ona integration was enabled. This is fixed in 19.3.5. These versions contain important bug a
docs.gitlab.com - Tenable CVE DatabaseVulnerability recordCVE-2026-96893
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 19.1 before 19.2.8, 19.3 before 19.3.5, and 19.4 before 19.4.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an authenticated user to inject specially crafted content into AI agent instructions, potentially causing unintended command execution attributed to other users, due to improper neutralization of special elements i
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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.