{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2026-1090","details":"GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 10.6 before 18.7.6, 18.8 before 18.8.6, and 18.9 before 18.9.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user, when the `markdown_placeholders` feature flag was enabled, to inject JavaScript in a browser due to improper sanitization of placeholder content in markdown processing.","modified":"2026-03-19T08:27:44.985573Z","published":"2026-03-11T16:16:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-1090"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-1090"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-1090"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"gitlab","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/gitlab@8.5.8+dfsg-5?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["8.4.3+dfsg-9","8.4.3+dfsg-12","8.5.8+dfsg-5"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"gitlab","binary_version":"8.5.8+dfsg-5"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-1090.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}