CVE-2025-8014 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab

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HIGH

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab

Published Sep 27, 2025

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.59%

Description

Denial of Service issue in GraphQL endpoints in Gitlab EE/CE affecting all versions from 11.10 prior to 18.2.7, 18.3 prior to 18.3.3, and 18.4 prior to 18.4.1 allows unauthenticated users to potentially bypass query complexity limits leading to resource exhaustion and service disruption.

Affected products

Vendor GitLab Product GitLab Default
unaffected
- Version
  11.10
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <18.2.7
- Version
  18.3
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <18.3.3
- Version
  18.4
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <18.4.1

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

GitLab

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
11.10	affected	<18.2.7
18.3	affected	<18.3.3
18.4	affected	<18.4.1

Remediation

Vendor solution

Upgrade to version 18.4.1, 18.3.3, 18.2.7.

Metrics

0.59% 0.00594

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00594

Score over time

2025–2026

EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (3 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	0.59% (0.00594)	46.54th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.56% (0.00560)	41.97th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 28, 2025	0.04% (0.00043)	12.69th	v4 (v2025.03.14)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits

References (2)

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/556838
issue-trackingpermissions-requiredBroken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/3228134
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Link	Providers	Tags
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/556838		issue-trackingpermissions-requiredBroken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/3228134		technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-requiredPermissions Required