What is CVE-2025-4097?

CVE-2025-4097 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-12-11.

How severe is CVE-2025-4097?

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

Resource exhaustion in Gitlab

CVE-2025-4097

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 11.10 before 18.4.6, 18.5 before 18.5.4, and 18.6 before 18.6.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user to cause a denial of service condition by uploading sp…

EPSS: 0.003 (17.2th 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 11.10, 18.5, 18.6

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 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-4097?: CVE-2025-4097 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-12-11.
How severe is CVE-2025-4097?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.