High severity · published Sep 27, 2025
CVE-2025-8014
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
7.5
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Denial of Service issue in GraphQL endpoints in Gitlab EE/CE affecting all versions from 11.10 prior to 18.2.7, 18.3 prior to 18.3.3, and 18.4 prior to 18.4.1 allows unauthenticated users to potentially bypass query complexity limits leading to resource exhaustion and service disruption.
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)0.6% · higher than 48% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
GitLab · GitLab
11.10 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-2025-8014
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8014
Broken Link
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/556838
Permissions Required
https://hackerone.com/reports/3228134
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