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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab

Type: advisorySources: OSV

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.5 before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause a denial of service due to improper input validation.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2026-7427
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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3 Nov 2026, 18:05 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab

core-osv · Original source

Published 12 Aug 2026, 18:06 UTC

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.5 before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause a denial of service due to improper input validation.

osv:CVE-2026-7427
Complete source record
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  "id": "c391cee3427f7400d0dce774422e02707be0f8fa0e3a54b003ecf017a69c959d",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-7427",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab",
    "summary": "GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.5 before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause a denial of service due to improper input validation.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-7427",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
        "BIT-gitlab-2026-7427",
        "CVE-2026-7427"
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"
        }
      ],
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          ],
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-30T10:30:51.894329162Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
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        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/598561",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/7xxx/CVE-2026-7427.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7427",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/3638799"
      ],
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          "CWE-770"
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        "cna_assigner": "GitLab",
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                ],
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        ],
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      }
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    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 498211,
  "published_at": "2026-08-12T18:06:10.271+00:00"
}