Vulnerability · Published Oct 27, 2025 · Assigned by GitLab
CVE-2025-11447Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity resource allocation without limits in GitLab from GitLab. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 57% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 42.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 11.0 before 18.3.5, 18.4 before 18.4.3, and 18.5 before 18.5.1 that could have allowed an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service condition by sending GraphQL requests with crafted JSON payloads.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-770 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/10/22/patch-release-gitlab-18-5-1-released/
- GitLab Issue #574858 issue-tracking, permissions-required
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #3367019 technical-description, exploit, permissions-required