GitLab released out-of-band security updates for self-managed Community Edition and Enterprise Edition instances to fix CVE-2026-19478, a critical GraphQL directive flaw that can let an unauthenticated remote attacker modify or delete public projects and user data under certain conditions. The vulnerability, classified as CWE-94 and rated CVSS 9.4, affects versions from 18.2 before 18.11.11, 19.0 before 19.0.8, 19.1 before 19.1.6, and 19.2 before 19.2.4.
GitLab also fixed CVE-2026-19650, a high-severity cross-site request forgery issue in the GraphQL multiplex query handler that could allow unauthenticated mutation execution via GET requests with user interaction. Patched releases are 19.2.4, 19.1.6, 19.0.8, and 18.11.11; GitLab.com and GitLab Dedicated were already remediated and require no customer action. GitLab urged affected self-managed customers to upgrade immediately, and reporting indicated no disclosed in-the-wild exploitation or public exploit code at the time of release.

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GitLab's CSRF flaw CVE-2026-19650 was published as a CVE record on August 17, 2026. The entry described improper request validation in GraphQL multiplex query handling that could let an unauthenticated attacker execute mutations via GET requests under certain conditions.
GitLab received the new CVE entry for CVE-2026-19478 on August 17, 2026. The entry described a GraphQL directive code injection issue that could let an unauthenticated attacker modify or delete public projects and user data under certain conditions.
On August 17, 2026, GitLab released versions 19.2.4, 19.1.6, 19.0.8, and 18.11.11 for self-managed GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition. The update fixed the critical code injection flaw CVE-2026-19478 and the high-severity CSRF flaw CVE-2026-19650, and GitLab said GitLab.com and GitLab Dedicated were already patched.
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