Resource exhaustion in Gitlab
CVE-2025-7449
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 8.3 before 18.4.5, 18.5 before 18.5.3, and 18.6 before 18.6.1 that could have allowed an authenticated user with specific permissions to cause a denial of service condition through HTTP response processing.
EPSS: 0.004 (33.2th 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 8.3, 18.5, 18.6.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@gitlab.com (vendor-advisory)
- cve@gitlab.com (issue-tracking, permissions-required, Broken Link)
- cve@gitlab.com (Permissions Required, technical-description, permissions-required, exploit)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-7449?
- CVE-2025-7449 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-11-26.
- How severe is CVE-2025-7449?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.