CVE-2026-6896

MEDIUMNVD 5.48.7▲
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.7 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-08. NVD baseline CVSS 5.4; sources differ by 3.3.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
5.4
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.4Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 13.11 before 18.11.7, 19.0 before 19.0.4, and 19.1 before 19.1.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer-role permissions to execute arbitrary scripts in another user's browser session due to improper sanitization of user-supplied input.

CVSS v3
5.4
EG Score
8.7(medium)
EPSS
20.2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 8, 2026

Last Modified

July 9, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jul 8, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

GitLab Patch Release: 19.1.2, 19.0.4, 18.11.7 | GitLab Docs

https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-1-2-released/
generic

GitLab.org / GitLab · GitLab

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/597887

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-6896(1)

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 41× in last 7d / 43× 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.

  1. 2026-07-15 23:08 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-15 23:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-15 11:49 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-15 11:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-15 00:28 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-07-15 00:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-14 13:08 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-14 13:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-14 01:48 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-14 01:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-13 22:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-13 14:29 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-07-13 14:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-13 03:10 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-07-13 03:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-07-12 15:50 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-07-12 15:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-07-12 04:31 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-07-12 04:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-07-11 17:12 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-07-11 17:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-11 05:52 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-11 05:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-10 18:33 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-07-10 18:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-10 07:14 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-07-10 07:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-09 21:46 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 5.4 · severity → MEDIUM
  11. 2026-07-09 19:53 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-09 19:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-09 08:34 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-07-09 08:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-08 21:14 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-07-08 21:14 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-6896?
CVE-2026-6896 is a medium vulnerability published on July 8, 2026. GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 13.11 before 18.11.7, 19.0 before 19.0.4, and 19.1 before 19.1.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user with developer-role permissions to execute arbitrary scripts in another user's browser…
When was CVE-2026-6896 disclosed?
CVE-2026-6896 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 8, 2026, with the most recent update on July 9, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-6896 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-6896 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 20.2% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-6896?
CVE-2026-6896 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.4 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 8.7.
How do I remediate CVE-2026-6896?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-6896, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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