CVE-2026-96893

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.

CVSS v3 7.3 HIGH

7.3^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.1 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-2-released/	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/607968	Issue Tracking

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*

History

14 Oct 2026, 13:55

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Gitlab Gitlab gitlab
CWE		CWE-74
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
References	~~() https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-2-released/ -~~	() https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-4-2-released/ - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References	~~() https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/607968 -~~	() https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/607968 - Issue Tracking

13 Oct 2026, 02:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-10-13 02:17

Updated : 2026-10-14 13:55

NVD link : CVE-2026-96893

Mitre link : CVE-2026-96893

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-96893

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gitlab

gitlab

CWE

CWE-74

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

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