What is CVE-2025-8099?

CVE-2025-8099 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-02-11.

How severe is CVE-2025-8099?

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

Resource exhaustion in Gitlab

CVE-2025-8099

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 10.8 before 18.6.6, 18.7 before 18.7.4, and 18.8 before 18.8.4 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause denial of service by sending repeated GraphQL queries.

EPSS: 0.004 (32.7th 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 10.8, 18.7, 18.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

cve@gitlab.com (issue-tracking, permissions-required, Issue Tracking, Broken Link)
cve@gitlab.com (Permissions Required, technical-description, permissions-required, exploit)
cve@gitlab.com (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-8099?: CVE-2025-8099 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-02-11.
How severe is CVE-2025-8099?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.