GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.9 before 18.3.6, 18.4 before 18.4.4, and 18.5 before 18.5.2 that could have allowed an authenticated attacker to cause a denial of service condition by submitting specially crafted markdown content with nested formatting patterns.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| gitlab / gitlab | 16.9.0 | 18.3.6 |
| gitlab / gitlab | 18.4.0 | 18.4.4 |
| gitlab / gitlab | 18.5.0 | 18.5.2 |