Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab (CVE-2026-7427)
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.5 before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause a denial of service due to improper input validation.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-7427 is a vulnerability in GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions where improper input validation under certain conditions allows unauthenticated users to cause denial of service by allocating resources without limits or throttling. The affected versions include all releases from 18.5 before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 19.2 before 19.2.2. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling). GitLab has provided official fixes for these versions.
Potential Impact
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition, potentially impacting availability of the GitLab service. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Official patches are available for the affected GitLab versions. Users should upgrade to versions 19.0.6 or later for the 18.5 branch, 19.1.4 or later for the 19.1 branch, and 19.2.2 or later for the 19.2 branch to remediate this vulnerability.
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab (CVE-2026-7427)
Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.5 before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 19.2 before 19.2.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause a denial of service due to improper input validation.
Affected software
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Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-7427 is a vulnerability in GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions where improper input validation under certain conditions allows unauthenticated users to cause denial of service by allocating resources without limits or throttling. The affected versions include all releases from 18.5 before 19.0.6, 19.1 before 19.1.4, and 19.2 before 19.2.2. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling). GitLab has provided official fixes for these versions.
Potential Impact
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition, potentially impacting availability of the GitLab service. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Official patches are available for the affected GitLab versions. Users should upgrade to versions 19.0.6 or later for the 18.5 branch, 19.1.4 or later for the 19.1 branch, and 19.2.2 or later for the 19.2 branch to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- GHSA-mrwr-f6g8-28q2
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.4.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-7427"]
- Database Specific Severity
- MODERATE
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
Threat ID: 6a7cd3e2bf8831d53917ffc3
Added to database: 08/12/2026, 20:13:22 UTC
Last enriched: 08/18/2026, 14:49:18 UTC
Last updated: 09/27/2026, 13:47:48 UTC
Views: 45
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