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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2026-03-27 12:15

Modified

2026-03-27 12:16

Summary

Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity in GitLab

Details

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.5 before 18.8.7, 18.9 before 18.9.3, and 18.10 before 18.10.1 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause a denial of service by making the GitLab instance unresponsive due to improper input validation in GraphQL request processing.

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "gitlab",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/gitlab"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "18.5.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "18.8.7"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "18.9.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "18.9.3"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "18.10.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "18.10.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "severity": [
        {
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-3988"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
      "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "High"
  },
  "details": "GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.5 before 18.8.7, 18.9 before 18.9.3, and 18.10 before 18.10.1 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause a denial of service by making the GitLab instance unresponsive due to improper input validation in GraphQL request processing.",
  "id": "BIT-gitlab-2026-3988",
  "modified": "2026-03-27T12:16:52.978Z",
  "published": "2026-03-27T12:15:17.809Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/03/25/patch-release-gitlab-18-10-1-released/"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/593140"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/3597342"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3988"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.6.2",
  "summary": "Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity in GitLab"
}

CVE-2026-3988 (GCVE-0-2026-3988)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-25 16:33 – Updated: 2026-03-25 17:21

Title

Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity in GitLab

Summary

Severity ?

7.5 (High)


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

CWE

CWE-407 - Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

Assigner

GitLab

References

URL

Tags

	https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items…
	https://hackerone.com/reports/3597342	technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
	https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/03/25/patc…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	GitLab	GitLab	Affected: 18.5 , < 18.8.7 (semver) Affected: 18.9 , < 18.9.3 (semver) Affected: 18.10 , < 18.10.1 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab::::::::

Credits

Thanks [svalkanov](https://hackerone.com/svalkanov) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program

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                "timestamp": "2026-03-25T17:21:45.431064Z",
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        "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment"
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          "repo": "git://git@gitlab.com:gitlab-org/gitlab.git",
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        }
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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

CVE-2026-3988 (GCVE-0-2026-3988)

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