What is CVE-2025-11042?

CVE-2025-11042 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-09-26.

How severe is CVE-2025-11042?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Gitlab

CVE-2025-11042

An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 17.2 before 18.2.7, 18.3 before 18.3.3, and 18.4 before 18.4.1, that allows an attacker to cause uncontrolled CPU consumption, potentially leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition while using specific GraphQL queries.

EPSS: 0.003 (21.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 18.4.0, 18.3, 18.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

cve@gitlab.com (issue-tracking, permissions-required, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-11042?: CVE-2025-11042 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-09-26.
How severe is CVE-2025-11042?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.