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CVE-2025-2853: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-05-22 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-770
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 17.10.7, 17.11 before 17.11.3, and 18.0 before 18.0.1. A lack of proper validation in GitLab could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service condition.
Affected products
- GitLab: before 17.10.7; from 17.11.0 before 17.11.3; 18.0.0 — fixed in 17.10.7, 17.11.3
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 17.10.7, 17.11.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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