CVE-2026-1282

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Content Injection Vulnerability in GitLab Project Label Titles

Publication date: 2026-02-11

Last updated on: 2026-02-12

Assigner: GitLab Inc.

Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.6 before 18.6.6, 18.7 before 18.7.4, and 18.8 before 18.8.4 that could have allowed an authenticated user to inject malicious content into project labels titles.

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Published

2026-02-11

Last Modified

2026-02-12

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2026-02-11

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2026-1282

EUVD

EUVD-2026-6257

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
gitlab	gitlab	From 18.7.0 (inc) to 18.7.4 (exc)
gitlab	gitlab	From 18.8.0 (inc) to 18.8.4 (exc)
gitlab	gitlab	From 18.7.0 (inc) to 18.7.4 (exc)
gitlab	gitlab	From 18.8.0 (inc) to 18.8.4 (exc)
gitlab	gitlab	From 18.6.0 (inc) to 18.6.6 (exc)
gitlab	gitlab	From 18.6.0 (inc) to 18.6.6 (exc)

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-80	The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE versions before 18.6.6, 18.7.4, and 18.8.4 allows an authenticated user to inject malicious content into project label titles.

Impact Analysis

The vulnerability could allow an authenticated user to inject malicious content into project label titles, which may lead to potential security risks such as misleading information or exploitation through the injected content.

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Mitigation Strategies

To mitigate this vulnerability, you should upgrade GitLab CE/EE to a fixed version. Specifically, update to version 18.6.6 or later if you are on the 18.6 branch, 18.7.4 or later if on the 18.7 branch, or 18.8.4 or later if on the 18.8 branch.

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