GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 18.8 before 18.9.7, 18.10 before 18.10.6, and 18.11 before 18.11.3 that could have allowed an authenticated user with control of a virtual registry upstream to make requests to internal hosts due to improper validation.
Upgrade to versions 18.9.7, 18.10.6, 18.11.3 or above.