Vulnerability · Published Feb 25, 2026 · Assigned by GitLab
CVE-2025-3525Allocation 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 0.4% (higher than 29% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 71.1% 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 9.0 before 18.7.5, 18.8 before 18.8.5, and 18.9 before 18.9.1 that could have, under certain circumstances, allowed an authenticated user with certain access to cause Denial of Service by creating specially crafted CI triggers via the API.
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
- GitLab Issue #535662 issue-tracking, permissions-required
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #3045257 technical-description, exploit, permissions-required
- https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/02/25/patch-release-gitlab-18-9-1-released/