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CVE-2025-4225: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-08-27 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-770
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 14.1 before 18.1.5, 18.2 before 18.2.5, and 18.3 before 18.3.1 that that under certain conditions could have allowed an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition affecting all users by sending specially crafted GraphQL requests.
Affected products
- GitLab: from 14.1.0 before 18.1.5; from 18.2.0 before 18.2.5; 18.3.0 — fixed in 18.1.5, 18.2.5
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 18.1.5, 18.2.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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