What is CVE-2025-14870?

CVE-2025-14870 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-05-14.

How severe is CVE-2025-14870?

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

Resource exhaustion in Gitlab

CVE-2025-14870

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: 0.001 (15.8th 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-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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-2025-14870?: CVE-2025-14870 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-05-14.
How severe is CVE-2025-14870?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.