CVE-2026-1069
Received Received - Intake
Denial of Service via GraphQL Recursion in GitLab CE/EE

Publication date: 2026-03-11

Last updated on: 2026-03-13

Assigner: GitLab Inc.

Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.9 before 18.9.2 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause a denial of service by sending specially crafted GraphQL requests due to uncontrolled recursion under certain circumstances.
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Published
2026-03-11
Last Modified
2026-03-13
Generated
2026-06-16
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2026-03-11
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-14
NVD
CVE-2026-1069
EUVD
EUVD-2026-11178
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gitlab gitlab From 18.9.0 (inc) to 18.9.2 (exc)
gitlab gitlab From 18.9.0 (inc) to 18.9.2 (exc)
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CWE ID Description
CWE-674 The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.
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Executive Summary

This vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE versions from 18.9 before 18.9.2 allows an unauthenticated user to cause a denial of service. It occurs because specially crafted GraphQL requests can trigger uncontrolled recursion under certain circumstances.

Impact Analysis

The impact of this vulnerability is a denial of service (DoS) condition, which means an attacker can make the GitLab service unavailable by sending malicious GraphQL requests without needing to authenticate.

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Mitigation Strategies

To mitigate this vulnerability, you should upgrade GitLab CE/EE to version 18.9.2 or later, as the issue affecting versions before 18.9.2 has been remediated in that release.

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