CVE-2026-16627

CRITICALNVD 9.09.0—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This critical-severity CVE scores 9.0 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.5% (39th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). GitHub Security Advisory enrichment pending alignment with NVD CVSS.

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
9.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.5%CVSS: 9.0Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer-role permissions to escalate privileges due to improper sanitization of HTML content rendered in a CI job modal.

CVSS v3
9.0
EG Score
9.0CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
41
EG Risk 41/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity90% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.5%
EPSS %ILE
39th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

August 12, 2026

Last Modified

August 19, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 12, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

GitLab Patch Release: 19.2.2, 19.1.4, 19.0.6 | GitLab Docs

https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-2-2-released/
generic

GitLab.org / GitLab · GitLab

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/606678

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-16627(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 32× in last 7d / 162× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 310 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-10-04 23:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-04 22:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-04 12:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-04 08:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-10-04 04:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-10-03 19:58 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-03 19:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-10-03 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-10-03 02:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-10-02 21:59 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-02 21:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-10-02 16:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  14. 2026-10-02 08:20 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-10-02 08:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-10-01 19:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-10-01 15:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-10-01 10:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-10-01 06:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-10-01 02:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-30 21:55 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-30 21:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-30 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-29 15:20 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-09-29 04:43 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-09-29 04:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-28 14:19 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-28 14:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-28 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-28 10:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  8. 2026-09-27 16:52 UTCEG score recompute
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  10. 2026-09-27 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
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  12. 2026-09-27 09:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-26 15:58 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-25 12:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  24. 2026-09-23 09:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  28. 2026-09-22 21:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  45. 2026-09-19 16:25 UTCEG score recompute
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  47. 2026-09-19 11:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  50. 2026-09-18 22:11 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-09-18 22:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  53. 2026-09-18 16:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  58. 2026-09-17 22:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  62. 2026-09-17 00:20 UTCEG score recompute
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  64. 2026-09-16 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  65. 2026-09-16 10:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  67. 2026-09-16 05:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  68. 2026-09-16 05:14 UTCEPSS rescore
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  73. 2026-09-15 06:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  74. 2026-09-15 02:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-09-14 21:56 UTCGHSA enrichment

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-16627?
CVE-2026-16627 is a critical vulnerability published on August 12, 2026. GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer-role permissions to escalate privileges due to improper sanitization of HTML content rendered in a CI job modal.
When was CVE-2026-16627 disclosed?
CVE-2026-16627 was first published on August 12, 2026, with the most recent update on August 19, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-16627 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-16627 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (39th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-16627?
CVE-2026-16627 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.0 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-16627?
No fix for CVE-2026-16627 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-16627 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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