What is CVE-2025-1257?

CVE-2025-1257 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-03-13.

How severe is CVE-2025-1257?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Gitlab

CVE-2025-1257

An issue was discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting with 12.3 before 17.7.7, 17.8 prior to 17.8.5, and 17.9 prior to 17.9.2. A vulnerability in certain GitLab instances could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service…

EPSS: 0.004 (34.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 12.3, 17.8, 17.9

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

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-2025-1257?: CVE-2025-1257 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-03-13.
How severe is CVE-2025-1257?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.