GitLab released patched Community Edition and Enterprise Edition versions 19.2.2, 19.1.4, and 19.0.6 to fix multiple security issues and urged self-managed customers to upgrade immediately. The update addresses high-, medium-, and low-severity vulnerabilities, including cross-site scripting, improper authorization, denial of service, and privilege assignment flaws. GitLab said GitLab.com was already running the fixed version, while GitLab Dedicated customers did not need to take action; the release also includes database migrations that may cause downtime for single-node instances during upgrade.
The most severe issues include two high-severity XSS flaws in analytics dashboard components, tracked as CVE-2026-15216 and CVE-2026-15217, each with a CVSS score of 8.7, affecting GitLab CE/EE versions from 18.2 before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 19.2 before 19.2.2. GitLab also fixed CVE-2026-19228, an authorization bypass issue in GitLab EE with a CVSS score of 8.5, affecting 19.1 before 19.1.4 and 19.2 before 19.2.2, which could let an authenticated user cause AI usage to be attributed to another namespace under certain conditions.

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CVE-2026-15423 was disclosed on August 12, 2026 as a high-severity GitLab CI/CD pipeline API vulnerability. GitLab said the flaw could let a developer-level user run a pipeline on a protected branch without required push permission under certain conditions, and fixed it in versions 19.2.2, 19.1.4, and 19.0.6.
CVE-2026-19228 was published on August 12, 2026 as a high-severity authorization bypass vulnerability in GitLab EE. GitLab said the flaw could let an authenticated user cause AI usage to be attributed to another namespace and affects versions 19.1 before 19.1.4 and 19.2 before 19.2.2.
CVE-2026-15216 was published on August 12, 2026 as a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE involving Analytics Dashboards pagination controls. GitLab reported the flaw affects versions 18.2 before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 19.2 before 19.2.2 and recommended upgrading to fixed versions.
CVE-2026-15217 was published on August 12, 2026 as a high-severity cross-site scripting flaw in GitLab CE/EE Analytics Dashboards table field configuration. GitLab said the issue affects versions 18.2 before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 19.2 before 19.2.2, and has been remediated in the patched releases.
On August 12, 2026, GitLab released GitLab CE/EE versions 19.2.2, 19.1.4, and 19.0.6 with security and bug fixes, and urged self-managed customers to upgrade immediately. The release addressed multiple vulnerabilities including high-severity XSS and authorization flaws, while GitLab.com was already running the patched version.
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