CVE-2025-13928
HIGHGitLab 17.7-18.6.3, 18.7-18.7.1, 18.8-18.8.1 - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via API Endpoint Authorization Bypass
Title source: llmDescription
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.7 before 18.6.4, 18.7 before 18.7.2, and 18.8 before 18.8.2 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause a denial of service condition by exploiting incorrect authorization validation in API endpoints.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/01/21/patch-release-gitlab-18-8-2-released/
Broken Link issue-tracking
permissions-required
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/582736
Permissions Required technical-description
exploit
permissions-required
https://hackerone.com/reports/3439441
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0002
EPSS Percentile
6.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-863
Status
published
Products (1)
gitlab/gitlab
17.7.0 - 18.6.4 (2 CPE variants)
Published
Jan 22, 2026
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026