Resource exhaustion in Gitlab
CVE-2025-13690
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.11 before 18.7.6, 18.8 before 18.8.6, and 18.9 before 18.9.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user to cause a denial of service condition due to improper…
EPSS: 0.001 (26.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Gitlab — versions 16.11, 18.8, 18.9
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #3415683 (technical-description, exploit, permissions-required)
- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/582096
- about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/03/11/patch-release-gitlab-18-9-2-released/
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-13690?
- CVE-2025-13690 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-03-11.
- How severe is CVE-2025-13690?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.