CVE-2026-1456

7.5 highEPSS 0.4%

High (7.5) in gitlab gitlab. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.5 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 36% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-770
Published: 2026-02-11
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

gitlab:gitlab

References

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/02/10/patch-release-gitlab-18-8-4-released/
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/587688
https://hackerone.com/reports/3517928

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