GitLab API Middleware DoS vulnerability before v18.11.5
CVE-2026-7250 Published on June 11, 2026
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 12.10 before 18.10.8, 18.11 before 18.11.5, and 19.0 before 19.0.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause denial of service due to improper input validation in the API request parsing middleware.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-7250 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Weakness Type
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
The software allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-7250
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Affected Versions
GitLab:- Version 12.10 and below 18.10.8 is affected.
- Version 18.11 and below 18.11.5 is affected.
- Version 19.0 and below 19.0.2 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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