CVE-2026-1090

5.4 mediumEPSS 0.2%

Medium (5.4) in gitlab gitlab. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 10.6 before 18.7.6, 18.8 before 18.8.6, and 18.9 before 18.9.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user, when the `markdown_placeholders` feature flag was enabled, to inject JavaScript in a browser due to improper sanitization of placeholder content in markdown processing.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.4 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 15% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-79
Published: 2026-03-11
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

gitlab:gitlab

References

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/03/11/patch-release-gitlab-18-9-2-released/
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/586478
https://hackerone.com/reports/3502450

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