Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 26, 2025· Updated Dec 10, 2025
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
CVE-2025-12571
Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.10 before 18.4.5, 18.5 before 18.5.3, and 18.6 before 18.6.1 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause a Denial of Service condition by sending specifically crafted requests containing malicious JSON payloads.
Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: 17.10
- (no CPE)range: 17.10 before 18.4.5, 18.5 before 18.5.3, 18.6 before 18.6.1
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
3- hackerone.com/reports/3362239mitretechnical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
- about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/11/26/patch-release-gitlab-18-6-1-released/mitrevendor-advisory
- gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/579168mitreissue-trackingpermissions-required
News mentions
1- GitLab Patch Release: 18.6.1, 18.5.3, 18.4.5GitLab Security Releases · Nov 26, 2025