GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 18.9.6/18.10.5/18.11.2 allocation of resources

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 18.9.6/18.10.5/18.11.2. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation results in allocation of resources. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2026-8280. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 18.9.6/18.10.5/18.11.2. Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a allocation of resources vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-770. The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 8.3 before 18.9.7, 18.10 before 18.10.6, and 18.11 before 18.11.3 that could have allowed an authenticated user to cause denial of service through excessive memory consumption due to improper input validation.

The weakness was shared by a92847865. The advisory is available at gitlab.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-8280 since 05/11/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 316411 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-8280), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 18.9.7, 18.10.6 or 18.11.3 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at about.gitlab.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (316411). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Type

• Bug Tracking Software

Vendor

• GitLab

Name

• Community Edition
• Enterprise Edition

Version

• 18.9.0
• 18.9.1
• 18.9.2
• 18.9.3
• 18.9.4
• 18.9.5
• 18.9.6
• 18.10.0
• 18.10.1
• 18.10.2
• 18.10.3
• 18.10.4
• 18.10.5
• 18.11.0
• 18.11.1
• 18.11.2

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://gitlab.com/

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