CVE-2026-1456
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 18.7.4, and 18.8 before 18.8.4 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause denial of service through CPU exhaustion by submitting specially crafted…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.38%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 18.7.4, and 18.8 before 18.8.4 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause denial of service through CPU exhaustion by submitting specially crafted markdown files that trigger exponential processing in markdown preview.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.38% probability · 31th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-770
- Affected
- gitlab/gitlab
- Source
- cve@gitlab.com
References
- https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/02/10/patch-release-gitlab-18-8-4-released/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/587688Broken Link, Issue Tracking
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3517928Permissions Required
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.