GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.7 before 18.8.7, 18.9 before 18.9.3, and 18.10 before 18.10.1 that could have allowed an authenticated user to execute arbitrary JavaScript in a user's browser due to improper sanitization of entity-encoded content in Mermaid diagrams.
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Description GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.7 before 18.8.7, 18.9 before 18.9.3, and 18.10 before 18.10.1 that could have allowed an authenticated user to execute arbitrary JavaScript in a user's browser due to improper sanitization of entity-encoded content in Mermaid diagrams.
Title Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in GitLab
First Time appeared Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-25T16:34:03.852Z

Reserved: 2026-02-22T11:04:12.829Z

Link: CVE-2026-2973

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-25T17:16:58.183

Modified: 2026-03-25T17:16:58.183

Link: CVE-2026-2973

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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