diff --git a/backend/core/migrations/0032_vulnerability_applied_controls_filteringlabel_and_more.py b/backend/core/migrations/0032_vulnerability_applied_controls_filteringlabel_and_more.py
index 9bff22b32..53282c19f 100644
--- a/backend/core/migrations/0032_vulnerability_applied_controls_filteringlabel_and_more.py
+++ b/backend/core/migrations/0032_vulnerability_applied_controls_filteringlabel_and_more.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import iam.models
 import uuid
 from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.core.validators
 
 
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
@@ -47,7 +48,20 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                     "is_published",
                     models.BooleanField(default=False, verbose_name="published"),
                 ),
-                ("label", models.CharField(max_length=100, verbose_name="Label")),
+                (
+                    "label",
+                    models.CharField(
+                        max_length=100,
+                        verbose_name="Label",
+                        validators=[
+                            django.core.validators.RegexValidator(
+                                code="invalid_label",
+                                message="invalidLabel",
+                                regex="^[\\w-]{1,36}$",
+                            )
+                        ],
+                    ),
+                ),
                 (
                     "folder",
                     models.ForeignKey(
diff --git a/backend/core/models.py b/backend/core/models.py
index 4dbb96886..af6ba788d 100644
--- a/backend/core/models.py
+++ b/backend/core/models.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.core import serializers
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
-from django.core.validators import MaxValueValidator
+from django.core.validators import MaxValueValidator, RegexValidator
 from django.db import models, transaction
 from django.db.models import Q
 from django.forms.models import model_to_dict
@@ -173,7 +173,17 @@ class Meta:
 
 
 class FilteringLabel(FolderMixin, AbstractBaseModel, PublishInRootFolderMixin):
-    label = models.CharField(max_length=100, verbose_name=_("Label"))
+    label = models.CharField(
+        max_length=100,
+        verbose_name=_("Label"),
+        validators=[
+            RegexValidator(
+                regex=r"^[\w-]{1,36}$",
+                message="invalidLabel",
+                code="invalid_label",
+            )
+        ],
+    )
 
     def __str__(self) -> str:
         return self.label
diff --git a/backend/core/views.py b/backend/core/views.py
index 845a90bef..f55daab1c 100644
--- a/backend/core/views.py
+++ b/backend/core/views.py
@@ -423,6 +423,34 @@ class VulnerabilityViewSet(BaseModelViewSet):
     def status(self, request):
         return Response(dict(Vulnerability.Status.choices))
 
+    def _process_labels(self, labels):
+        """
+        Creates a FilteringLabel and replaces the value with the ID of the newly created label.
+        """
+        new_labels = []
+        for label in labels:
+            try:
+                uuid.UUID(label, version=4)
+                new_labels.append(label)
+            except ValueError:
+                new_label = FilteringLabel(label=label)
+                new_label.full_clean()
+                new_label.save()
+                new_labels.append(str(new_label.id))
+        return new_labels
+
+    def update(self, request: Request, *args, **kwargs) -> Response:
+        request.data["filtering_labels"] = self._process_labels(
+            request.data["filtering_labels"]
+        )
+        return super().update(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def create(self, request: Request, *args, **kwargs) -> Response:
+        request.data["filtering_labels"] = self._process_labels(
+            request.data["filtering_labels"]
+        )
+        return super().create(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
 
 class FilteringLabelViewSet(BaseModelViewSet):
     """
diff --git a/frontend/messages/ar.json b/frontend/messages/ar.json
index d312f1811..93bb40c41 100644
--- a/frontend/messages/ar.json
+++ b/frontend/messages/ar.json
@@ -811,6 +811,12 @@
 	"exploitable": "قابلة للاستغلال",
 	"mitigated": "مخفف",
 	"fixed": "مُثَبَّت",
+	"labels": "العلامات",
+	"addLabel": "إضافة تسمية",
+	"labelsHelpText": "يتم استخدام العلامات لتصنيف العناصر وتصفيتها.",
+	"filteringLabel": "ملصق",
+	"filteringLabels": "العلامات",
+	"invalidLabel": "يجب أن تكون العلامة أبجدية رقمية وتحتوي على 36 حرفًا على الأكثر",
 	"tags": "العلامات",
 	"addTag": "إضافة علامة",
 	"tagsHelpText": "تُستخدم العلامات لتصنيف العناصر وتصفيتها. يمكنك إضافة علامات في قسم \"إضافي\""
diff --git a/frontend/messages/de.json b/frontend/messages/de.json
index af88d836a..904b4ad1a 100644
--- a/frontend/messages/de.json
+++ b/frontend/messages/de.json
@@ -811,6 +811,12 @@
 	"exploitable": "Ausnutzbar",
 	"mitigated": "Mildernd",
 	"fixed": "Behoben",
+	"labels": "Labels",
+	"addLabel": "Etikett hinzufügen",
+	"labelsHelpText": "Etiketten dienen zum Kategorisieren und Filtern der Elemente.",
+	"filteringLabel": "Etikett",
+	"filteringLabels": "Labels",
+	"invalidLabel": "Das Etikett muss alphanumerisch sein und darf höchstens 36 Zeichen enthalten",
 	"tags": "Schlagwörter",
 	"addTag": "Tag hinzufügen",
 	"tagsHelpText": "Tags werden zum Kategorisieren und Filtern der Elemente verwendet. Sie können Tags im Abschnitt Extra hinzufügen"
diff --git a/frontend/messages/en.json b/frontend/messages/en.json
index 5e43383a3..732cc63f2 100644
--- a/frontend/messages/en.json
+++ b/frontend/messages/en.json
@@ -813,7 +813,8 @@
 	"fixed": "Fixed",
 	"labels": "Labels",
 	"addLabel": "Add label",
-	"labelsHelpText": "Labels are used to categorize and filter the items. You can add labels in the Extra section",
+	"labelsHelpText": "Labels are used to categorize and filter the items.",
 	"filteringLabel": "Label",
-	"filteringLabels": "Labels"
+	"filteringLabels": "Labels",
+	"invalidLabel": "Label must be alphanumeric and contain at most 36 characters"
 }
diff --git a/frontend/messages/es.json b/frontend/messages/es.json
index 37c6b7283..f1c20b4b3 100644
--- a/frontend/messages/es.json
+++ b/frontend/messages/es.json
@@ -811,6 +811,12 @@
 	"exploitable": "Explotable",
 	"mitigated": "Mitigada",
 	"fixed": "Fija",
+	"labels": "Etiquetas",
+	"addLabel": "Agregar etiqueta",
+	"labelsHelpText": "Las etiquetas se utilizan para categorizar y filtrar los elementos.",
+	"filteringLabel": "Etiqueta",
+	"filteringLabels": "Etiquetas",
+	"invalidLabel": "La etiqueta debe ser alfanumérica y contener como máximo 36 caracteres.",
 	"tags": "Etiquetas",
 	"addTag": "Agregar etiqueta",
 	"tagsHelpText": "Las etiquetas se utilizan para categorizar y filtrar los elementos. Puedes agregar etiquetas en la sección Extra"
diff --git a/frontend/messages/fr.json b/frontend/messages/fr.json
index 46636e935..46cc8b0e7 100644
--- a/frontend/messages/fr.json
+++ b/frontend/messages/fr.json
@@ -811,6 +811,12 @@
 	"exploitable": "Exploitable",
 	"mitigated": "Atténuée",
 	"fixed": "Fixée",
+	"labels": "Étiquettes",
+	"addLabel": "Ajouter une étiquette",
+	"labelsHelpText": "Les étiquettes sont utilisées pour catégoriser et filtrer les éléments.",
+	"filteringLabel": "Étiquette",
+	"filteringLabels": "Étiquettes",
+	"invalidLabel": "L'étiquette doit être alphanumérique et contenir au maximum 36 caractères",
 	"tags": "Étiquettes",
 	"addTag": "Ajouter une étiquette",
 	"tagsHelpText": "Les étiquettes sont utilisées pour classer et filtrer les éléments. Vous pouvez ajouter des étiquettes dans la section Extra"
diff --git a/frontend/messages/hi.json b/frontend/messages/hi.json
index c873834f2..f009ef80e 100644
--- a/frontend/messages/hi.json
+++ b/frontend/messages/hi.json
@@ -811,6 +811,12 @@
 	"exploitable": "दोहन",
 	"mitigated": "कम",
 	"fixed": "तय",
+	"labels": "लेबल",
+	"addLabel": "लेबल जोड़ें",
+	"labelsHelpText": "लेबल का उपयोग वस्तुओं को वर्गीकृत और फ़िल्टर करने के लिए किया जाता है।",
+	"filteringLabel": "लेबल",
+	"filteringLabels": "लेबल",
+	"invalidLabel": "लेबल अल्फ़ान्यूमेरिक होना चाहिए और उसमें अधिकतम 36 अक्षर होने चाहिए",
 	"tags": "टैग",
 	"addTag": "टैग जोड़ें",
 	"tagsHelpText": "टैग का उपयोग आइटम को वर्गीकृत और फ़िल्टर करने के लिए किया जाता है। आप अतिरिक्त अनुभाग में टैग जोड़ सकते हैं"
diff --git a/frontend/messages/it.json b/frontend/messages/it.json
index 02886b974..67626045b 100644
--- a/frontend/messages/it.json
+++ b/frontend/messages/it.json
@@ -811,6 +811,12 @@
 	"exploitable": "Sfruttabile",
 	"mitigated": "Mitigata",
 	"fixed": "Fissa",
+	"labels": "Etichette",
+	"addLabel": "Aggiungi etichetta",
+	"labelsHelpText": "Le etichette vengono utilizzate per categorizzare e filtrare gli elementi.",
+	"filteringLabel": "Etichetta",
+	"filteringLabels": "Etichette",
+	"invalidLabel": "L'etichetta deve essere alfanumerica e contenere al massimo 36 caratteri",
 	"tags": "Etichette",
 	"addTag": "Aggiungi tag",
 	"tagsHelpText": "I tag vengono utilizzati per categorizzare e filtrare gli elementi. Puoi aggiungere tag nella sezione Extra"
diff --git a/frontend/messages/nl.json b/frontend/messages/nl.json
index 9d1148da4..10890c4e8 100644
--- a/frontend/messages/nl.json
+++ b/frontend/messages/nl.json
@@ -811,6 +811,12 @@
 	"exploitable": "Exploiteerbaar",
 	"mitigated": "Verzacht",
 	"fixed": "Vast",
+	"labels": "Etiketten",
+	"addLabel": "Label toevoegen",
+	"labelsHelpText": "Labels worden gebruikt om items te categoriseren en te filteren.",
+	"filteringLabel": "Label",
+	"filteringLabels": "Etiketten",
+	"invalidLabel": "Het label moet alfanumeriek zijn en maximaal 36 tekens bevatten",
 	"tags": "Labels",
 	"addTag": "Tag toevoegen",
 	"tagsHelpText": "Tags worden gebruikt om de items te categoriseren en te filteren. U kunt tags toevoegen in de sectie Extra"
diff --git a/frontend/messages/pl.json b/frontend/messages/pl.json
index 2b15781df..1654c0692 100644
--- a/frontend/messages/pl.json
+++ b/frontend/messages/pl.json
@@ -811,6 +811,12 @@
 	"exploitable": "Wykorzystywany",
 	"mitigated": "Złagodzony",
 	"fixed": "Naprawił",
+	"labels": "Etykiety",
+	"addLabel": "Dodaj etykietę",
+	"labelsHelpText": "Etykiety służą do kategoryzowania i filtrowania elementów.",
+	"filteringLabel": "Etykieta",
+	"filteringLabels": "Etykiety",
+	"invalidLabel": "Etykieta musi być alfanumeryczna i zawierać maksymalnie 36 znaków",
 	"tags": "Tagi",
 	"addTag": "Dodaj tag",
 	"tagsHelpText": "Tagi służą do kategoryzowania i filtrowania elementów. Możesz dodać tagi w sekcji Extra"
diff --git a/frontend/messages/pt.json b/frontend/messages/pt.json
index 55a34d529..5c544c786 100644
--- a/frontend/messages/pt.json
+++ b/frontend/messages/pt.json
@@ -811,6 +811,12 @@
 	"exploitable": "Explorável",
 	"mitigated": "Mitigado",
 	"fixed": "Fixo",
+	"labels": "Etiquetas",
+	"addLabel": "Adicionar rótulo",
+	"labelsHelpText": "Os rótulos são usados para categorizar e filtrar os itens.",
+	"filteringLabel": "Rótulo",
+	"filteringLabels": "Etiquetas",
+	"invalidLabel": "O rótulo deve ser alfanumérico e conter no máximo 36 caracteres",
 	"tags": "Etiquetas",
 	"addTag": "Adicionar etiqueta",
 	"tagsHelpText": "As tags são usadas para categorizar e filtrar os itens. Você pode adicionar tags na seção Extra"
diff --git a/frontend/messages/ro.json b/frontend/messages/ro.json
index aecb12e93..7ab9793a0 100644
--- a/frontend/messages/ro.json
+++ b/frontend/messages/ro.json
@@ -811,6 +811,12 @@
 	"exploitable": "Exploatabil",
 	"mitigated": "Atenuat",
 	"fixed": "Fix",
+	"labels": "Etichete",
+	"addLabel": "Adăugați o etichetă",
+	"labelsHelpText": "Etichetele sunt folosite pentru a clasifica și filtra articolele.",
+	"filteringLabel": "Eticheta",
+	"filteringLabels": "Etichete",
+	"invalidLabel": "Eticheta trebuie să fie alfanumerice și să conțină cel mult 36 de caractere",
 	"tags": "Etichete",
 	"addTag": "Adăugați etichetă",
 	"tagsHelpText": "Etichetele sunt folosite pentru a clasifica și filtra articolele. Puteți adăuga etichete în secțiunea Extra"
diff --git a/frontend/messages/ur.json b/frontend/messages/ur.json
index d0a523765..62979a338 100644
--- a/frontend/messages/ur.json
+++ b/frontend/messages/ur.json
@@ -811,6 +811,12 @@
 	"exploitable": "استحصال کے قابل",
 	"mitigated": "تخفیف",
 	"fixed": "فکسڈ",
+	"labels": "لیبلز",
+	"addLabel": "لیبل شامل کریں۔",
+	"labelsHelpText": "لیبلز کا استعمال اشیاء کی درجہ بندی اور فلٹر کرنے کے لیے کیا جاتا ہے۔",
+	"filteringLabel": "لیبل",
+	"filteringLabels": "لیبلز",
+	"invalidLabel": "لیبل حروف عددی ہونا چاہیے اور زیادہ سے زیادہ 36 حروف پر مشتمل ہونا چاہیے۔",
 	"tags": "ٹیگز",
 	"addTag": "ٹیگ شامل کریں۔",
 	"tagsHelpText": "ٹیگز اشیاء کی درجہ بندی اور فلٹر کرنے کے لیے استعمال ہوتے ہیں۔ آپ اضافی سیکشن میں ٹیگ شامل کر سکتے ہیں۔"
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/Forms/AutocompleteSelect.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/Forms/AutocompleteSelect.svelte
index d8d5a234e..7fba5c8c9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/Forms/AutocompleteSelect.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/Forms/AutocompleteSelect.svelte
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 		resolve: (x) => x
 	};
 	export let cachedValue: any[] | undefined = undefined;
+	export let createFromSelection = false;
 
 	const { value, errors, constraints } = formFieldProxy(form, field);
 
@@ -81,6 +82,18 @@
 		dispatch('change', $value);
 		dispatch('cache', selected);
 	}
+
+	function addOption(event) {
+		if (event.key === 'Enter') {
+			const newOption = {
+				label: event.target.value,
+				value: event.target.value
+			};
+			options = event.target.value !== '' ? [...options, newOption] : options;
+			selected = event.target.value !== '' ? [...selected, newOption] : selected;
+			event.target.value = '';
+		}
+	}
 </script>
 
 <div {hidden}>
@@ -108,7 +121,27 @@
 	{/if}
 	<div class="control overflow-x-clip" data-testid="form-input-{field.replaceAll('_', '-')}">
 		<input type="hidden" name={field} value={$value ? $value : ''} />
-		{#if options.length > 0}
+		{#if createFromSelection}
+			<MultiSelect
+				bind:selected
+				{options}
+				{...multiSelectOptions}
+				disabled={disabled || $$restProps.disabled}
+				allowEmpty={true}
+				{...$$restProps}
+				let:option
+				on:keyup={(event) => addOption(event)}
+			>
+				{#if option.suggested}
+					<span class="text-indigo-600">{option.label}</span>
+					<span class="text-sm text-gray-500"> (suggested)</span>
+				{:else if translateOptions}
+					{safeTranslate(option.label)}
+				{:else}
+					{option.label}
+				{/if}
+			</MultiSelect>
+		{:else if options.length > 0}
 			<MultiSelect
 				bind:selected
 				{options}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/Forms/ModelForm/VulnerabilitiesForm.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/Forms/ModelForm/VulnerabilitiesForm.svelte
index 23d9337e9..2ce1b807e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/Forms/ModelForm/VulnerabilitiesForm.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/Forms/ModelForm/VulnerabilitiesForm.svelte
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 <AutocompleteSelect
 	multiple
 	{form}
+	createFromSelection={true}
 	options={getOptions({ objects: model.foreignKeys['filtering_labels'], label: 'label' })}
 	field="filtering_labels"
 	helpText={m.labelsHelpText()}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/utils/actions.ts b/frontend/src/lib/utils/actions.ts
index e08a7f761..e98723e02 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/utils/actions.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/utils/actions.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ export async function handleErrorResponse({
 }) {
 	const res: Record<string, string> = await response.json();
 	console.error(res);
+	if (res.label) {
+		res['filtering_labels'] = res.label;
+	}
 	if (res.warning) {
 		setFlash({ type: 'warning', message: res.warning }, event);
 		return { form };
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@ export async function handleErrorResponse({
 		return { form };
 	}
 	Object.entries(res).forEach(([key, value]) => {
-		setError(form, key, value);
+		setError(form, key, safeTranslate(value));
 	});
 	return fail(400, { form });
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/utils/schemas.ts b/frontend/src/lib/utils/schemas.ts
index 7f0e6bb0b..aac616d61 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/utils/schemas.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/utils/schemas.ts
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ export const vulnerabilitySchema = baseNamedObject({
 	status: z.string().default('--'),
 	severity: z.number().default(-1),
 	applied_controls: z.string().uuid().optional().array().optional(),
-	filtering_labels: z.string().uuid().optional().array().optional()
+	filtering_labels: z.string().optional().array().optional()
 });
 
 const SCHEMA_MAP: Record<string, AnyZodObject> = {