// For flags

CVE-2025-4225

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab

Severity Score

5.3
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Attend
*SSVC
Descriptions

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 14.1 before 18.1.5, 18.2 before 18.2.5, and 18.3 before 18.3.1 that that under certain conditions could have allowed an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition affecting all users by sending specially crafted GraphQL requests.

*Credits: Thanks [pwnie](https://hackerone.com/pwnie) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Attend
Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2025-05-02 CVE Reserved
  • 2025-08-27 CVE Published
  • 2025-08-27 CVE Updated
  • 2025-08-28 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CAPEC
References (0)
URL Tag Source
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
GitLab
Search vendor "GitLab"
 GitLab
Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab"
 >= 14.1.0 < 18.1.5
Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab" and version " >= 14.1.0 < 18.1.5"
en
Affected
GitLab
Search vendor "GitLab"
 GitLab
Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab"
 >= 18.2.0 < 18.2.5
Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab" and version " >= 18.2.0 < 18.2.5"
en
Affected
GitLab
Search vendor "GitLab"
 GitLab
Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab"
 >= 18.3.0 < 18.3.1
Search vendor "GitLab" for product "GitLab" and version " >= 18.3.0 < 18.3.1"
en
Affected