Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 27, 2025· Updated Oct 28, 2025
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
CVE-2025-11974
Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 11.7 before 18.3.5, 18.4 before 18.4.3, and 18.5 before 18.5.1 that could have allowed an unauthenticated attacker to create a denial of service condition by uploading large files to specific API endpoints.
AI Insight
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Affected products
19cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: 11.7
- (no CPE)range: >=11.7 <18.3.5, >=18.4 <18.4.3, >=18.5 <18.5.1
- osv-coords17 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-18.1pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-18.2pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-assets-18.1pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-assets-18.2pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-assets-fips-18.1pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-assets-fips-18.2pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-doc-18.1pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-doc-18.2pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-doc-fips-18.1pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-doc-fips-18.2pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-fips-18.1pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-fips-18.2pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-workhorse-ce-18.1pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-workhorse-ce-18.2pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-workhorse-ce-fips-18.1pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-workhorse-ce-fips-18.2pkg:bitnami/gitlab
< 18.1.6-r3+ 16 more
- (no CPE)range: < 18.1.6-r3
- (no CPE)range: < 18.2.8-r3
- (no CPE)range: < 18.1.6-r3
- (no CPE)range: < 18.2.8-r3
- (no CPE)range: < 18.1.6-r4
- (no CPE)range: < 18.2.8-r4
- (no CPE)range: < 18.1.6-r3
- (no CPE)range: < 18.2.8-r3
- (no CPE)range: < 18.1.6-r4
- (no CPE)range: < 18.2.8-r4
- (no CPE)range: < 18.1.6-r4
- (no CPE)range: < 18.2.8-r4
- (no CPE)range: < 18.1.6-r3
- (no CPE)range: < 18.2.8-r3
- (no CPE)range: < 18.1.6-r4
- (no CPE)range: < 18.2.8-r3
- (no CPE)range: >= 11.7.0, < 18.3.5
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/571761mitreissue-trackingpermissions-required
- about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/10/22/patch-release-gitlab-18-5-1-released/mitre
News mentions
1- GitLab Patch Release: 18.5.1, 18.4.3, 18.3.5GitLab Security Releases · Oct 22, 2025