TI-2018-12496 Aliases CVE-2018-17537 GHSA-j6mw-w229-ppqm

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.1.7, 11.2.x…

LOW 25CWE-79Published 2023-04-15 · Updated 2025-02-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.1.7, 11.2.x before 11.2.4, and 11.3.x before 11.3.1. blog-viewer has stored XSS during repository browsing, if package.json exists. .

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00402 34th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 6

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*	before 11.1.7	Vulnerable	GitLab
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*	before 11.1.7	Vulnerable	GitLab
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*	11.2.0 to before 11.2.4	Vulnerable	GitLab
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*	11.2.0 to before 11.2.4	Vulnerable	GitLab
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:11.3.0::::community:::	11.3.0	Vulnerable	GitLab
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:11.3.0::::enterprise:::	11.3.0	Vulnerable	GitLab

cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* Versions before 11.1.7 Vulnerable ·GitLab
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions before 11.1.7 Vulnerable ·GitLab
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* Versions 11.2.0 to before 11.2.4 Vulnerable ·GitLab
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions 11.2.0 to before 11.2.4 Vulnerable ·GitLab
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:11.3.0:*:*:*:community:*:*:* Versions 11.3.0 Vulnerable ·GitLab
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:11.3.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions 11.3.0 Vulnerable ·GitLab

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-17537
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j6mw-w229-ppqm

References

Advisory 1

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2018/10/01/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-3-dot-1-released/

Other 1

https://about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/

TI-2026-71508 Integer overflow in GitLab allows code execution on the server KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2026-58817 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in GitLab KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2023-06425 Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password in GitLab KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2021-05191 Code injection in GitLab KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2021-05161 Server-side request forgery in GitLab KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-02763 Injection in GitLab CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9

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Sources

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