Resource exhaustion in GitLab
CVE-2026-1725
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting versions from 18.9 before 18.9.1 that could have under certain conditions, allowed an unauthenticated user to cause denial of service by sending specially crafted requests to a CI jobs API endpoint.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (27.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 27.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- GitLab — versions 18.9.0, 18.9
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/588338 (issue-tracking, permissions-required, Broken Link)
- hackerone.com/reports/3519773 (Permissions Required, technical-description, permissions-required, exploit)
- about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/02/25/patch-release-gitlab-18-9-1-released/ (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-1725?
- CVE-2026-1725 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-02-25.
- How severe is CVE-2026-1725?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.