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title: "GitLab Major Security Update for CVE-2016-9086"
date: 2016-10-31
author: Brian Neel
author_twitter: b0bby_tables
categories: Security
tags: security, gitlab
---

On Wednesday November 2, 2016 at 4:59pm PDT (23:59 GMT), we will publish a major
GitLab security update to address CVE-2016-9086. More details will be
forthcoming on [our blog], including which versions of GitLab are affected.

We recommend installations running affected versions to upgrade
immediately. Please forward this alert to the appropriate people at your
organization and have them subscribe to [Security Notices].

[our blog]: https://about.gitlab.com/blog
[Security Notices]: https://about.gitlab.com/contact/

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