CVE-2026-0958

Interpretation Conflict in GitLab

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.

Affected

GitLab

CVSS v3.1 GITLAB

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

EPSS

0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 38th percentile

Published

2026-02-11

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://hackerone.com/reports/3463363

Security advisories

• https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/02/10/patch-release-gitlab-18-8-4-released
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/586202

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry