🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2026-2845

MEDIUM 6.5

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab

CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 11.2 before 18.7.5, 18.8 before 18.8.5, and 18.9 before 18.9.1 that could have allowed an authenticated user to cause denial of service by exploiting a Bitbucket Server import endpoint via repeatedly sending large responses.

CWE CWE-770
Vendor gitlab
Product gitlab
Ecosystems
Industries
Technology
Published Feb 25, 2026
Last Updated Feb 26, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Affected Versions

GitLab / GitLab
11.2 < 18.7.5 18.8 < 18.8.5 18.9 < 18.9.1

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
gitlab.com: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/570554 about.gitlab.com: https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/02/25/patch-release-gitlab-18-9-1-released/

Credits

This vulnerability has been discovered internally by GitLab team member [Sam Word](https://gitlab.com/SamWord)