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Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-2995

High
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 15.4 before 18.8.7, 18.9 before 18.9.3, and 18.10 before 18.10.1 that could have allowed an authenticated user to add email addr
CWE-80 — Weakness Type
Published: Mar 25, 2026  ·  Modified: Mar 28, 2026  ·  Source: NVD
CVSS v3
7.7
🔗 NVD Official
📄 Description (English)

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 15.4 before 18.8.7, 18.9 before 18.9.3, and 18.10 before 18.10.1 that could have allowed an authenticated user to add email addresses to targeted user accounts due to improper sanitization of HTML content.

🤖 AI Executive Summary

GitLab Enterprise Edition contains an HTML sanitization vulnerability (CVE-2026-2995) affecting versions 15.4-18.8.6, 18.9.0-18.9.2, and 18.10.0 that allows authenticated users to add email addresses to other user accounts without authorization. With a CVSS score of 7.7, this vulnerability poses a significant risk to organizations using GitLab EE for source code management and CI/CD pipelines. No patch is currently available, requiring immediate compensating controls and monitoring.

📄 Description (Arabic)

🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: Apr 29, 2026 21:33
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
Saudi organizations in government (NCA, CITC), banking (SAMA-regulated institutions, major banks), energy sector (Saudi Aramco, SABIC), and telecommunications (STC, Mobily) that utilize GitLab EE for development and DevOps operations face account compromise risks. The vulnerability enables unauthorized email address modifications, potentially leading to account takeover, unauthorized access to sensitive repositories, and supply chain attacks. Government agencies and critical infrastructure operators are particularly at risk due to reliance on GitLab for secure code management.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Government (NCA, CITC, Ministry of Interior) Banking and Financial Services (SAMA-regulated banks) Energy (Saudi Aramco, SABIC, SEC) Telecommunications (STC, Mobily, Zain) Healthcare (MOH, private hospitals) Defense and Security Technology and Software Development
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
8.2
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
Immediate Actions:
1. Audit all user accounts in GitLab EE instances for unauthorized email address additions, particularly focusing on administrative and privileged accounts
2. Review GitLab access logs for suspicious email modification activities using timestamps from vulnerability discovery date
3. Implement strict access controls limiting email modification permissions to account owners only
4. Enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all GitLab users, especially administrators
5. Restrict API access and webhook configurations that could be exploited for account manipulation

Compensating Controls (until patch available):
6. Deploy Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block HTML injection attempts in user profile modification requests
7. Implement email verification workflows requiring confirmation before email address changes take effect
8. Monitor and log all account modification activities with real-time alerting for email changes
9. Restrict GitLab instance access to trusted networks using IP whitelisting
10. Disable HTML rendering in user-controlled fields where possible

Detection Rules:
- Alert on any email address modifications to user accounts
- Monitor for multiple failed authentication attempts followed by email changes
- Track API calls to user profile endpoints with email modification parameters
- Flag accounts with multiple email addresses added within short timeframes
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
الإجراءات الفورية:
1. تدقيق جميع حسابات المستخدمين في نسخ GitLab EE للتحقق من إضافات عناوين بريد إلكترونية غير مصرح بها، مع التركيز على الحسابات الإدارية والمميزة
2. مراجعة سجلات وصول GitLab للأنشطة المريبة لتعديل البريد الإلكتروني باستخدام الطوابع الزمنية من تاريخ اكتشاف الثغرة
3. تنفيذ ضوابط وصول صارمة تقصر صلاحيات تعديل البريد الإلكتروني على مالكي الحسابات فقط
4. تفعيل المصادقة متعددة العوامل (MFA) لجميع مستخدمي GitLab، خاصة المسؤولين
5. تقييد وصول API وتكوينات webhook التي قد تُستغل لمعالجة الحسابات

الضوابط التعويضية (حتى توفر التصحيح):
6. نشر قواعد جدار حماية تطبيقات الويب (WAF) للكشف عن محاولات حقن HTML وحجبها في طلبات تعديل ملف المستخدم
7. تنفيذ سير عمل التحقق من البريد الإلكتروني يتطلب تأكيداً قبل دخول تغييرات عنوان البريد الإلكتروني حيز التنفيذ
8. مراقبة وتسجيل جميع أنشطة تعديل الحسابات مع التنبيهات في الوقت الفعلي لتغييرات البريد الإلكتروني
9. تقييد وصول نسخة GitLab إلى الشبكات الموثوقة باستخدام القائمة البيضاء للعناوين
10. تعطيل عرض HTML في الحقول التي يتحكم فيها المستخدم حيث أمكن

قواعد الكشف:
- تنبيه عند أي تعديلات على عناوين البريد الإلكتروني لحسابات المستخدمين
- مراقبة محاولات المصادقة الفاشلة المتعددة متبوعة بتغييرات البريد الإلكتروني
- تتبع استدعاءات API لنقاط نهاية ملف المستخدم مع معاملات تعديل البريد الإلكتروني
- وضع علامة على الحسابات التي تم إضافة عناوين بريد إلكترونية متعددة لها في فترات زمنية قصيرة
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
ECC 2024 A.5.1.1 - Access Control Policies ECC 2024 A.8.2.1 - User Registration and Access Rights Management ECC 2024 A.8.2.3 - Management of Privileged Access Rights ECC 2024 A.8.3.1 - Password Management ECC 2024 A.12.4.1 - Event Logging ECC 2024 A.12.4.3 - Administrator and Operator Logs
🔵 SAMA CSF
SAMA CSF ID.AM-2 - Software Inventory SAMA CSF PR.AC-1 - Access Control Policy SAMA CSF PR.AC-4 - Access Rights Management SAMA CSF DE.CM-1 - System Monitoring SAMA CSF DE.AE-1 - Audit Logs
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
ISO 27001:2022 A.5.15 - Access Control ISO 27001:2022 A.8.2 - User Access Management ISO 27001:2022 A.8.3 - User Responsibilities ISO 27001:2022 A.8.4 - Access Rights Review ISO 27001:2022 A.12.4 - Logging
🟣 PCI DSS v4.0.1
PCI DSS 2.1 - Configuration Standards PCI DSS 7.1 - Access Control Implementation PCI DSS 8.1 - User ID Assignment PCI DSS 10.2 - User Access Logging
📦 Affected Products / CPE 3 entries
gitlab:gitlab
gitlab:gitlab
gitlab:gitlab:18.10.0
📊 CVSS Score
7.7
/ 10.0 — High
📊 CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack VectorN — None / Network
Attack ComplexityH — High
Privileges RequiredL — Low / Local
User InteractionR — Required
ScopeC — Changed
ConfidentialityH — High
IntegrityH — High
AvailabilityN — None / Network
📋 Quick Facts
Severity High
CVSS Score7.7
CWECWE-80
Exploit No
Patch ✗ No
Published 2026-03-25
Source Feed nvd
Views 5
🇸🇦 Saudi Risk Score
8.2
/ 10.0 — Saudi Risk
Priority: CRITICAL
🏷️ Tags
CWE-80
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