Resource exhaustion in Gitlab
CVE-2025-6016
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 9.2 before 18.9.6, 18.10 before 18.10.4, and 18.11 before 18.11.1 that could have allowed an authenticated user to cause denial of service due to insufficient resou…
EPSS: 0.000 (9.7th 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 9.2, 18.10, 18.11
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #3160363 (technical-description, exploit, permissions-required)
- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/548940
- about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/04/22/patch-release-gitlab-18-11-1-released/
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-6016?
- CVE-2025-6016 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-04-22.
- How severe is CVE-2025-6016?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.