Denial of Service Vulnerability in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition
CVE-2025-2614

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Gitlab
Status
Gitlab
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 August 2025

What is CVE-2025-2614?

A vulnerability has been identified in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition which affects numerous versions, allowing an authenticated user to create specially crafted content. This malicious content can lead to a denial of service by consuming excessive server resources during processing, potentially disrupting service availability.

Affected Version(s)

GitLab 11.6 < 18.0.6

GitLab 18.1 < 18.1.4

GitLab 18.2 < 18.2.2

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/526349
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https://hackerone.com/reports/3015894
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Thanks [pwnie](https://hackerone.com/pwnie) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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CVE-2025-2614 : Denial of Service Vulnerability in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition