CVE-2025-4097: 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: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-12-11 · updated 2026-10-14
Weakness: CWE-770

Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 11.10 before 18.4.6, 18.5 before 18.5.4, and 18.6 before 18.6.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user to cause a denial of service condition by uploading specially crafted images.

Affected products

GitLab: from 11.10.0 before 18.4.6; from 18.5.0 before 18.5.4; from 18.6.0 before 18.6.2 — fixed in 18.4.6, 18.5.4, 18.6.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 18.4.6, 18.5.4, 18.6.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/12/10/patch-release-gitlab-18-6-2-released/
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/538192

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