What is CVE-2025-14869?

CVE-2025-14869 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-05-14.

How severe is CVE-2025-14869?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Gitlab

CVE-2025-14869

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.5 before 18.9.7, 18.10 before 18.10.6, and 18.11 before 18.11.3 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause denial of service by sending specially c…

EPSS: 0.000 (10.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 18.5, 18.10, 18.11

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-1284 — Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input

References

cve@gitlab.com (Permissions Required, technical-description, permissions-required, exploit)
cve@gitlab.com (Not Applicable)
cve@gitlab.com (Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-14869?: CVE-2025-14869 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-05-14.
How severe is CVE-2025-14869?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.