CVE-2025-5996

MEDIUM

Gitlab < 17.10.8 - Resource Allocation Without Limits

Title source: rule

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 2.1.0 before 17.10.8, 17.11 before 17.11.4, and 18.0 before 18.0.2. A lack of input validation in HTTP responses could allow an authenticated user to cause denial of service.

References (5)

[Exploit, Issue Tracking] https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/476671

[Exploit, Issue Tracking] https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/479167

[Exploit, Issue Tracking] https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/483111

[Broken Link] https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/483150

[Broken Link] https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/498649

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0017

EPSS Percentile 37.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-770

Status published

Affected Products (2)

gitlab/gitlab < 17.10.8

Timeline

Published Jun 12, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026