Vulnerability · Published Oct 13, 2026 · Assigned by GitLab

CVE-2026-96893Improper Neutralization of Input Used for LLM Prompting in GitLab

High 7.3

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in GitLab from GitLab. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 48% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.3High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 51.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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 in AI conversation context construction.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
GitLab GitLab 19.1 – before 19.2.819.3 – before 19.3.519.4 – before 19.4.2

Weakness: CWE-1427 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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