Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 11, 2025· Updated Dec 11, 2025
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
CVE-2025-12562
Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 11.10 before 18.4.6, 18.5 before 18.5.4, and 18.6 before 18.6.2 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to create a denial of service condition by sending crafted GraphQL queries that bypass query complexity limits.
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Affected products
26cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: 11.10
- (no CPE)range: >=11.10 <18.4.6
- osv-coords24 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-18.1pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-18.2pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-18.3pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-assets-18.1pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-assets-18.2pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-assets-18.3pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-assets-fips-18.1pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-assets-fips-18.2pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-assets-fips-18.3pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-doc-18.1pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-doc-18.2pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-doc-18.3pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-doc-fips-18.1pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-doc-fips-18.2pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-doc-fips-18.3pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-fips-18.1pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-fips-18.2pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-rails-ce-fips-18.3pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-workhorse-ce-18.1pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-workhorse-ce-18.2pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-workhorse-ce-18.3pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-workhorse-ce-fips-18.1pkg:apk/chainguard/gitlab-workhorse-ce-fips-18.2pkg:bitnami/gitlab
< 18.1.6-r3+ 23 more
- (no CPE)range: < 18.1.6-r3
- (no CPE)range: < 18.2.8-r3
- (no CPE)range: < 18.3.6-r2
- (no CPE)range: < 18.1.6-r3
- (no CPE)range: < 18.2.8-r3
- (no CPE)range: < 18.3.6-r2
- (no CPE)range: < 18.1.6-r4
- (no CPE)range: < 18.2.8-r4
- (no CPE)range: < 18.3.6-r2
- (no CPE)range: < 18.1.6-r3
- (no CPE)range: < 18.2.8-r3
- (no CPE)range: < 18.3.6-r2
- (no CPE)range: < 18.1.6-r4
- (no CPE)range: < 18.2.8-r4
- (no CPE)range: < 18.3.6-r2
- (no CPE)range: < 18.1.6-r4
- (no CPE)range: < 18.2.8-r4
- (no CPE)range: < 18.3.6-r2
- (no CPE)range: < 18.1.6-r3
- (no CPE)range: < 18.2.8-r3
- (no CPE)range: < 18.3.6-r2
- (no CPE)range: < 18.1.6-r4
- (no CPE)range: < 18.2.8-r3
- (no CPE)range: >= 11.10.0, < 18.4.6
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- hackerone.com/reports/3360710mitretechnical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/579152mitreissue-trackingpermissions-required
- about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/12/10/patch-release-gitlab-18-6-2-released/mitre
News mentions
1- GitLab Patch Release: 18.6.2, 18.5.4, 18.4.6GitLab Security Releases · Dec 10, 2025