What is CVE-2026-1102?

CVE-2026-1102 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-01-22.

How severe is CVE-2026-1102?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Gitlab

CVE-2026-1102

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 12.3 before 18.6.4, 18.7 before 18.7.2, and 18.8 before 18.8.2 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to create a denial of service condition by sending repeated malformed SSH authentication requests.

EPSS: 0.005 (42.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 12.3, 18.7, 18.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

cve@gitlab.com (issue-tracking, permissions-required, Broken Link)
cve@gitlab.com (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-1102?: CVE-2026-1102 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-01-22.
How severe is CVE-2026-1102?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.