Vulnerability Report

CVE-2026-2973

Title: Authenticated XSS via Mermaid diagrams in GitLab CE/EE

XSS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2026-2973.

CWE Category CWE-79

Published Date Mar 25, 2026

Modified Date Mar 26, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.4 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.04%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-2973: GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.7 before 18.8.7, 18.9 before 18.9.3, and 18.10 before 18.10.1 that could have allowed an authenticated user to execute arbitrary JavaScript in a user's browser due to improper sanitization of entity-encoded content in Mermaid diagrams.

Impacted Vendors

gitlab 1

jenkins 1

Reference Links

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/03/25/patch-release-gitlab-18-10-1-released/ https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/591049 https://hackerone.com/reports/3566802

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.4

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

REQUIRED

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

CHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2026-2973 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

March 26, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

March 26, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

March 26, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

March 25, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction REQUIRED

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.