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.
Affected products
2cpe: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
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
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