What is CVE-2026-88765?
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.
The record classifies CVE-2026-88765 under weakness class CWE-77. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 39 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- CVSS v3.1 base score
- 8.5 — HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS (FIRST)
- 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50.7% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Threadlinqs priority
- 6.3/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- Published
- 2026-09-15, last modified 2026-09-16
Is CVE-2026-88765 being exploited?
It currently carries a trending score of 41 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.
Affected products and versions
- GitLab: GitLab
How to fix CVE-2026-88765
No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-88765 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-88765
1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-88765, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS. Last verified by Threadlinqs on .