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Deserialization of Untrusted Data in GitLab

Type: advisorySources: OSV

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.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2026-1184
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
6 Nov 2026, 02:28 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in GitLab

core-osv · Original source

Published 14 May 2026, 05:37 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2026-1184
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-1184",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Deserialization of Untrusted Data in GitLab",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-1184",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2026-1184",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-gitlab-2026-1184",
        "CVE-2026-1184"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-30T10:30:38.813812112Z",
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      "references": [
        "https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/05/13/patch-release-gitlab-18-11-3-released/",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/586634",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/1xxx/CVE-2026-1184.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-1184",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/3515842"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
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        "cna_assigner": "GitLab",
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                ],
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      }
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 514279,
  "published_at": "2026-05-14T05:37:02.391+00:00"
}