An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 2.1.0 before 17.10.8, 17.11 before 17.11.4, and 18.0 before 18.0.2. A lack of input validation in HTTP responses could allow an authenticated user to cause denial of service.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00115.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
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OR cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-18170 An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 2.1.0 before 17.10.8, 17.11 before 17.11.4, and 18.0 before 18.0.2. A lack of input validation in HTTP responses could allow an authenticated user to cause denial of service.
Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to versions 17.10.7, 17.11.3, 18.0.1 or above.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/476671 cve-icon cve-icon
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/479167 cve-icon cve-icon
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/483111 cve-icon cve-icon
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/483150 cve-icon cve-icon
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/498649 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 03:30:00 +0900

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 22:45:00 +0900

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00076}

 epss

{'score': 0.00115}

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 23:15:00 +0900

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 19:15:00 +0900

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 2.1.0 before 17.10.8, 17.11 before 17.11.4, and 18.0 before 18.0.2. A lack of input validation in HTTP responses could allow an authenticated user to cause denial of service.
Title Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
First Time appeared Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
Weaknesses CWE-770
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Projects

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2025-08-01T17:15:41.215Z

Reserved: 2025-06-11T13:24:13.972Z

Link: CVE-2025-5996

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-06-12T13:51:19.349Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-06-12T10:16:39.640

Modified: 2025-08-08T18:20:50.830

Link: CVE-2025-5996

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses