Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.10 before 18.3.5, 18.4 before 18.4.3, and 18.5 before 18.5.1 that could have allowed an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service condition by sending specially crafted payloads.
Affected products
gitlab: gitlab
References3
- about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/10/22/patch-release-gitlab-18-5-… Release NotesVendor Advisory
- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/570336 Broken Link
- hackerone.com/reports/3338151 Permissions Required
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.5
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 1% percentile: 50 · as of 10 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-770
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