CVE-2026-2845 (GCVE-0-2026-2845)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-25 20:04 – Updated: 2026-02-26 15:45
VLAI?
Title
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
Summary
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.
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Affected: 11.2 , < 18.7.5 (semver)
Affected: 18.8 , < 18.8.5 (semver)
Affected: 18.9 , < 18.9.1 (semver)
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Credits
This vulnerability has been discovered internally by GitLab team member [Sam Word](https://gitlab.com/SamWord)
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