CVE-2026-1725 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can cause denial of service by sending crafted requests to the CI jobs API endpoint in GitLab.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2026-1725?

CVE-2026-1725 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 25 Feb 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting versions from 18.9 before 18.9.1 that could have under certain conditions, allowed an unauthenticated user to cause denial of service by sending specially crafted requests to a CI jobs API endpoint.

Weakness: CWE-770

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-1725?

1 open source package ship an affected version, including gitlab. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
gitlab BitnamiFrom 18.9.018.9.1

Products include Gitlab Gitlab.

How do I fix CVE-2026-1725?

Upgrade gitlab to 18.9.1 or later.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2026-1725 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-1725 exists.

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Sources

Also known as BIT-gitlab-2026-1725, GHSA-qfj5-c4hr-4gr8, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-1725.

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