High severity · published Sep 26, 2025
CVE-2025-11042
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
7.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 17.2 before 18.2.7, 18.3 before 18.3.3, and 18.4 before 18.4.1, that allows an attacker to cause uncontrolled CPU consumption, potentially leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition while using specific GraphQL queries.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 25% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
GitLab · GitLab
17.2 before 18.2.7; 18.3 before 18.3.3; 18.4 before 18.4.1 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11042
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-11042
Broken Link
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/550374
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