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CVE-2025-7337: 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: 2025-09-12 · updated 2026-10-19
• Weakness: CWE-770

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 7.8 before 18.1.6, 18.2 before 18.2.6, and 18.3 before 18.3.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user with Developer-level access to cause a persistent denial of service affecting all users on a GitLab instance by uploading large files.

Affected products

• GitLab: from 7.8.0 before 18.1.6; from 18.2.0 before 18.2.6; from 18.3.0 before 18.3.2 — fixed in 18.1.6, 18.2.6, 18.3.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 18.1.6, 18.2.6, 18.3.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/09/10/patch-release-gitlab-18-3-2-released/
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/554062
• https://hackerone.com/reports/3161756

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