What is CVE-2026-1168?

CVE-2026-1168 is a high-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-09-16.

How severe is CVE-2026-1168?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in GitLab

CVE-2026-1168

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.4.6 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause denial of service due to improper resource allocation limits in the GraphQL complexity calculation logic.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Gitlab

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

cve@gitlab.com (technical-description, permissions-required, exploit)
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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-1168?: CVE-2026-1168 is a high-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-09-16.
How severe is CVE-2026-1168?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.