Resource exhaustion in GitLab
CVE-2025-13929
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 10.0 before 18.7.6, 18.8 before 18.8.6, and 18.9 before 18.9.2 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause a denial of service by issuing specially crafted requests to repository archive endpoints under certain conditions.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (42.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 42.1% 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 10.0, 18.8, 18.9
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/582738 (issue-tracking, permissions-required, Broken Link)
- hackerone.com/reports/3441004 (Permissions Required, technical-description, permissions-required, exploit)
- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/582738 (Broken Link)
- about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/03/11/patch-release-gitlab-18-9-2-released/ (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-13929?
- CVE-2025-13929 is a high-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-03-11.
- How severe is CVE-2025-13929?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.