Vulnerability · Published Sep 12, 2025 · Assigned by GitLab
CVE-2025-1250Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-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 0.5% (higher than 42% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 57.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.0 before 18.1.6, 18.2 before 18.2.6, and 18.3 before 18.3.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user to stall background job processing by sending specially crafted commit messages, merge request descriptions, or notes.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-770 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/09/10/patch-release-gitlab-18-3-2-released/
- GitLab Issue #519335 issue-tracking, permissions-required
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2903896 technical-description, exploit, permissions-required