Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 11.9 before 18.9.7, 18.10 before 18.10.6, and 18.11 before 18.11.3 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause denial of service by uploading a specially crafted file due to improper validation.
Affected products
gitlab: gitlab
References3
- about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/05/13/patch-release-gitlab-18-11… Release Notes
- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/586634 Not Applicable
- hackerone.com/reports/3515842 Permissions Required
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.5
HIGH
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 27 · as of 14 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-502
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