Medium severity · published Feb 25, 2026
CVE-2026-2845
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
6.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 11.2 before 18.7.5, 18.8 before 18.8.5, and 18.9 before 18.9.1 that could have allowed an authenticated user to cause denial of service by exploiting a Bitbucket Server import endpoint via repeatedly sending large responses.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 22% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
GitLab · GitLab
11.2 before 18.7.5; 18.8 before 18.8.5; 18.9 before 18.9.1 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-2845
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-2845
Release Notes
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/02/25/patch-release-gitlab-18-9-1-released/
Broken Link
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/570554
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