CVE-2026-8280
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.5 Medium
- Published
- May 14, 2026
- Updated
- May 14, 2026
- Reserved
- May 11, 2026
Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 8.3 before 18.9.7, 18.10 before 18.10.6, and 18.11 before 18.11.3 that could have allowed an authenticated user to cause denial of service through excessive memory consumption due to improper input validation.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | GitLab |
Weaknesses
- CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
GitLabGitLab |
|
References
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/579035
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #3329085technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
- https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/05/13/patch-release-gitlab-18-11-3-released/
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