Resource exhaustion in Gitlab
CVE-2025-10497
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.10 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 specially crafted payloads.
EPSS: 0.006 (45.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Gitlab — versions 18.4, 17.10, 18.5
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@gitlab.com (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@gitlab.com (issue-tracking, permissions-required, Broken Link)
- cve@gitlab.com (Permissions Required, technical-description, permissions-required, exploit)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-10497?
- CVE-2025-10497 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-10-27.
- How severe is CVE-2025-10497?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.