CVE-2026-0958
HIGHGitLab 18.4-18.6.5, 18.7-18.7.3, 18.8-18.8.3 - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via JSON Validation Middleware Bypass
Title source: llmDescription
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.4 before 18.6.6, 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 memory or CPU exhaustion by bypassing JSON validation middleware limits.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Broken Link, Issue Tracking issue-tracking
permissions-required
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/586202
Permissions Required technical-description
exploit
permissions-required
https://hackerone.com/reports/3463363
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/02/10/patch-release-gitlab-18-8-4-released/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0039
EPSS Percentile
30.2%
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-436
Status
published
Products (1)
gitlab/gitlab
18.4.0 - 18.6.6 (2 CPE variants)
Published
Feb 11, 2026
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026