CVE-2026-8280

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 8.3 before 18.9.7, 18.10 before 18.10.6, and 18.11 before 18.11.3 that could have allowed an authenticated user to cause denial of service through excessive memory consumption due to improper input validation.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/05/13/patch-release-gitlab-18-11-3-released/	Release Notes
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/579035	Broken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/3329085	Permissions Required

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*

History

14 May 2026, 18:50

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::* cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
First Time		Gitlab gitlab Gitlab
References	~~() https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/05/13/patch-release-gitlab-18-11-3-released/ -~~	() https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/05/13/patch-release-gitlab-18-11-3-released/ - Release Notes
References	~~() https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/579035 -~~	() https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/579035 - Broken Link
References	~~() https://hackerone.com/reports/3329085 -~~	() https://hackerone.com/reports/3329085 - Permissions Required

14 May 2026, 06:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-05-14 06:16

Updated : 2026-05-14 18:50

NVD link : CVE-2026-8280

Mitre link : CVE-2026-8280

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-8280

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gitlab

gitlab

CWE

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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