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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-26411

A potential DOS vulnerability was discovered in all versions of Gitlab starting from 13.4.x (>=13.4 to <13.4.7, >=13.5 to <13.5.5, and >=13.6 to <13.6.2). Using a specific query name for a project search can cause statement timeouts that can lead to a potential DOS if abused.

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1 Nov 2026, 04:22 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-26411

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Dec 2020, 05:15 UTC

A potential DOS vulnerability was discovered in all versions of Gitlab starting from 13.4.x (>=13.4 to <13.4.7, >=13.5 to <13.5.5, and >=13.6 to <13.6.2). Using a specific query name for a project search can cause statement timeouts that can lead to a potential DOS if abused.

osv:CVE-2020-26411
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-26411",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-26411",
    "summary": "A potential DOS vulnerability was discovered in all versions of Gitlab starting from 13.4.x (>=13.4 to <13.4.7, >=13.5 to <13.5.5, and >=13.6 to <13.6.2). Using a specific query name for a project search can cause statement timeouts that can lead to a potential DOS if abused.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-26411",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-26411",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-gitlab-2020-26411",
        "CVE-2020-26411"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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              "database_specific": {
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                      {
                        "fixed": "13.4.7"
                      }
                    ],
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                  },
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                  },
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                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "13.6.2"
                      }
                    ],
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          ],
          "versions": [
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            "v13.6.0-ee",
            "v13.4.6-ee",
            "v13.5.3-ee",
            "v13.5.1-ee",
            "v13.4.4-ee",
            "v13.5.0-ee",
            "v13.4.3-ee",
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-30T10:31:03.242163695Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2020/CVE-2020-26411.json",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/260330"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
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        "value": "CVE-2020-26411",
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 429685,
  "published_at": "2020-12-11T05:15:12.027+00:00"
}