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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Solution

Upgrade to versions 18.7.4, 18.8.4 or above.


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History

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:30:00 +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
First Time appeared Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
Weaknesses CWE-770
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-11T15:40:00.821Z

Reserved: 2026-01-26T20:33:14.058Z

Link: CVE-2026-1456

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-11T15:39:55.633Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-02-11T12:16:04.703

Modified: 2026-02-11T15:27:26.370

Link: CVE-2026-1456

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-02-11T21:45:49Z

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