CVE-2026-88765

HIGHPre-NVD 8.58.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-15. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
8.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 8.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 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 12.3 to 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 under certain conditions could allow an authenticated user to achieve remote code execution by importing a specially crafted Git project export to overflow the Unicode conversion buffer used in Advanced Search indexing.

CVSS v3
8.5
EG Score
8.5(high)
EG Risk
39(Track)
EG Risk 39/100SSVC: Track

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
Severity85% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
53%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 15, 2026

Last Modified

September 16, 2026

References (2)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-88765(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 21× in last 7d / 21× 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. 2026-09-19 09:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-18 21:15 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-18 21:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-18 08:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-17 20:13 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-17 20:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-17 19:32 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-17 07:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-16 19:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-16 16:55 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-16 16:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-16 15:55 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-16 15:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-16 14:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-16 04:20 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-16 04:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-15 18:33 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-15 18:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-15 17:23 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-15 17:22 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-88765?
CVE-2026-88765 is a high vulnerability published on September 15, 2026. GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 12.3 to 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 under certain conditions could allow an authenticated user to achieve remote code execution by importing a specially crafted Git project export to overflow the Unicode…
When was CVE-2026-88765 disclosed?
CVE-2026-88765 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 15, 2026, with the most recent update on September 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-88765 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-88765 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 47.5% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-88765?
CVE-2026-88765 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-88765?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-88765, 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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