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CVE-2025-6016

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab

Published: Apr 22, 2026Updated: Apr 22, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD
NVD MITRE
6.5CVSS
MEDIUM

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 9.2 before 18.9.6, 18.10 before 18.10.4, and 18.11 before 18.11.1 that could have allowed an authenticated user to cause denial of service due to insufficient resource allocation limits when retrieving notes under certain conditions.

EPSS Score
N/A
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High

Weaknesses

CWE-770

Affected Products

GitLab
GitLab

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Impact
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References

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/04/22/patch-release-gitlab-18-11-1-released/
about.gitlab.com
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/548940
gitlab.com
https://hackerone.com/reports/3160363
hackerone.com

Timeline

Published
Apr 22, 2026
Last Updated
Apr 22, 2026

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