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CVE-2025-8014

Denial of Service issue in GraphQL endpoints in Gitlab EE/CE affecting all versions from 11.10 prior to 18.2.7, 18.3 pri

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.00162
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  • SSVC automatable: yes - attacks can be scripted at scale
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
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Affected Products & Versions

3
gitlab>= 11.10.0 and < 18.2.7
gitlab>= 18.3.0 and < 18.3.3
gitlaball versions
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · cve@gitlab.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD27 Sep 2025 · 05:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
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Vendor Advisories

1
gitlab-securitypatch-release-gitlab-18-4-1-released
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References & Sources

2
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/556838Broken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/3228134Permissions Required
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