CVE-2025-11974

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 11.7 before 18.3.5, 18.4 before 18.4.3, and 18.5 before 18.5.1 that could have allowed an unauthenticated attacker to create a denial of service condition by uploading large files to specific API endpoints.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/10/22/patch-release-gitlab-18-5-1-released/	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/571761	Broken Link

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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:18.5.0::::community:::
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:18.5.0::::enterprise:::

History

28 Oct 2025, 13:44

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Gitlab Gitlab gitlab
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::* cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:18.5.0::::enterprise::: cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:18.5.0::::community::: cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
References	~~() https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/10/22/patch-release-gitlab-18-5-1-released/ -~~	() https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/10/22/patch-release-gitlab-18-5-1-released/ - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References	~~() https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/571761 -~~	() https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/571761 - Broken Link

27 Oct 2025, 00:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-10-27 00:15

Updated : 2025-10-28 13:44

NVD link : CVE-2025-11974

Mitre link : CVE-2025-11974

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-11974

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gitlab

gitlab

CWE

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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