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GitLab GitLab — Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in GitLab
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L N N U L H H 9.4 .0072 51.0 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
GitLab 18.2 – —
TIMELINE
Aug 10 Reserved by GitLab
Aug 16 EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-19478 (GitLab). Public exploit reference added.
Aug 17 Published (CNA: GitLab)
Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.2 before 18.11.11, 19.0 before 19.0.8, 19.1 before 19.1.6, and 19.2 before 19.2.4 that under certain conditions could allow an unauthenticated user to remotely modify or delete public projects and user data via a GraphQL directive.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| August 10, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by GitLab |
| August 16, 2026 | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-19478 (GitLab). Public exploit reference added. |
| August 17, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: GitLab) |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 1 row
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| GitLab | GitLab | — | 18.2 | — |
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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2026-19478 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Wednesday, August 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.