Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 12, 2025· Updated Sep 12, 2025
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
CVE-2025-1250
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.0 before 18.1.6, 18.2 before 18.2.6, and 18.3 before 18.3.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user to stall background job processing by sending specially crafted commit messages, merge request descriptions, or notes.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: 15.0
- (no CPE)range: >=15.0 <18.1.6, >=18.2 <18.2.6, >=18.3 <18.3.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- hackerone.com/reports/2903896mitretechnical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/519335mitreissue-trackingpermissions-required
- about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/09/10/patch-release-gitlab-18-3-2-released/mitre
News mentions
1- GitLab Patch Release: 18.3.2, 18.2.6, 18.1.6GitLab Security Releases · Sep 10, 2025