Resource exhaustion in GitLab
CVE-2025-1250
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (37.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 37th percentile — 37.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- GitLab — versions 15.0, 18.2, 18.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/09/10/patch-release-gitlab-18-3-2-released/ (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/519335 (issue-tracking, permissions-required, Broken Link)
- hackerone.com/reports/2903896 (Permissions Required, technical-description, permissions-required, exploit)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-1250?
- CVE-2025-1250 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-09-12.
- How severe is CVE-2025-1250?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2025-1250 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.