Vulnerability · Published Feb 11, 2026 · Assigned by GitLab
CVE-2025-8099Allocation 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 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 59.6% 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 10.8 before 18.6.6, 18.7 before 18.7.4, and 18.8 before 18.8.4 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause denial of service by sending repeated GraphQL queries.
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
- GitLab Issue #557165 issue-tracking, permissions-required
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #3240210 technical-description, exploit, permissions-required
- https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/02/10/patch-release-gitlab-18-8-4-released/