CVE-2025-2256
HIGHGitLab 7.12-18.1.5, 18.2-18.2.5, 18.3-18.3.1 - Denial of Service via Large SAML Responses
Title source: llmDescription
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 7.12 before 18.1.6, 18.2 before 18.2.6, and 18.3 before 18.3.2 that could have allowed unauthorized users to render the GitLab instance unresponsive to legitimate users by sending multiple concurrent large SAML responses.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/09/10/patch-release-gitlab-18-3-2-released/
Broken Link issue-tracking
permissions-required
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/524633
Permissions Required technical-description
exploit
permissions-required
https://hackerone.com/reports/3019485
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0047
EPSS Percentile
36.8%
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
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-1284
Status
published
Products (1)
gitlab/gitlab
7.12.0 - 18.1.6 (2 CPE variants)
Published
Sep 12, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026