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MediumPublic exploit

Authenticated DoS via malicious file upload and repeated GraphQL queries in GitLab EE

IdentifiersCVE-2026-1387CWE-400

In GitLab Enterprise Edition (EE), an issue affecting versions 15.6 before 18.6.6, 18.7 before 18.7.4, and 18.8 before 18.8.4 could allow an authenticated user to trigger a denial of service condition by uploading a malicious file and repeatedly querying it through GraphQL. The repeated GraphQL queries against the crafted uploaded content can exhaust server resources, resulting in service degradation or unavailability.

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Impact

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An authenticated attacker can cause denial of service (resource exhaustion), potentially leading to degraded performance or unavailability of the GitLab instance for other users.

Mitigation

If you can’t patch tonight, do this now.

If immediate upgrade is not possible, restrict access to GraphQL endpoints to trusted users/networks, apply rate limiting/throttling to GraphQL queries, and monitor/alert on repeated queries against uploaded files; consider temporarily disabling or limiting the relevant GraphQL functionality if feasible.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Upgrade GitLab EE to a fixed version: 18.6.6 or later (for the 15.6+ / 18.6 series), 18.7.4 or later, or 18.8.4 or later.
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