GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 18.7.4, and 18.8 before 18.8.4 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause denial of service through CPU exhaustion by submitting specially crafted markdown files that trigger exponential processing in markdown preview.
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Thu, 12 Feb 2026 21:45:00 +0000
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* |
Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:15:00 +0000
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| Description | GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.7 before 18.7.4, and 18.8 before 18.8.4 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause denial of service through CPU exhaustion by submitting specially crafted markdown files that trigger exponential processing in markdown preview. | |
| Title | Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab | |
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Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-770 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab |
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cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitLab
Published:
Updated: 2026-02-11T15:40:00.821Z
Reserved: 2026-01-26T20:33:14.058Z
Link: CVE-2026-1456
Updated: 2026-02-11T15:39:55.633Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2026-02-11T12:16:04.703
Modified: 2026-02-12T21:39:23.503
Link: CVE-2026-1456
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