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CVE-2018-14601

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-07-27 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 11.1.x before 11.1.2. A Denial of Service can occur because Markdown rendering times are slow.

Affected products

• GitLab: from 11.1.0 before 11.1.2 — fixed in 11.1.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 11.1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://about.gitlab.com/2018/07/26/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-1-dot-2-released/
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/49409
• https://about.gitlab.com/2018/07/26/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-1-dot-2-released/
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/49409

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