CVE-2025-12562
HIGHGitLab 11.10-18.4.5, 18.5-18.5.3, 18.6-18.6.1 - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via GraphQL Query Complexity Bypass
Title source: llmDescription
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 11.10 before 18.4.6, 18.5 before 18.5.4, and 18.6 before 18.6.2 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to create a denial of service condition by sending crafted GraphQL queries that bypass query complexity limits.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/12/10/patch-release-gitlab-18-6-2-released/
Broken Link issue-tracking
permissions-required
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/579152
Permissions Required technical-description
exploit
permissions-required
https://hackerone.com/reports/3360710
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0010
EPSS Percentile
28.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-770
Status
published
Products (1)
gitlab/gitlab
11.10.0 - 18.4.6 (2 CPE variants)
Published
Dec 11, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026