CVE-2026-1606 | Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in GitLab

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 14.8 before 18.11.6, 19.0 before 19.0.3, and 19.1 before 19.1.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to conceal content within a Snippet due to improper input validation.

Published: 2026-06-25 Last update: 2026-06-26 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-1606 is rated Low Risk (21.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.22%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-1606

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-25 0.22%

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-1606

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-1606

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-1606

GHSA-vxf7-7c9g-m3x8 · Severity: medium — GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 14.8 before 18.11.6,...

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-1606

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gitlab gitlab >= 14.8.0, < 18.11.6 cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab >= 19.0.0, < 19.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab 19.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:19.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2026-1606

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