CVE-2025-2934
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
Reported by gitlab · Published October 9, 2025
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 5.2 prior to 18.2.8, 18.3 prior to 18.3.4, and 18.4 prior to 18.4.2 that could have allowed an authenticated attacker to create a denial of service condition by configuring malicious webhook endpoints that send crafted HTTP responses.
Fixed versions
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| Package | Ecosystem | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| gitlab | Bitnami | 18.4.2, 18.3.4, 18.2.8 |
| gitlab-rails-ce-18.1 | Chainguard | 18.1.6-r3 |
| gitlab-workhorse-ce-fips-18.1 | Chainguard | 18.1.6-r4 |
| gitlab-workhorse-ce-18.1 | Chainguard | 18.1.6-r3 |
| gitlab-rails-ce-fips-18.1 | Chainguard | 18.1.6-r4 |
| GitLab | GitLab | 18.4.2, 18.3.4, 18.2.8 |
| gitlab | Bitnami | 18.4.2, 18.3.4, 18.2.8 |
Risk scores
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| GitLab | GitLab | 5.2, 18.3, 18.4 |
| GitLab | GitLab | 5.2, 18.4, 18.3 |
| chainguard | gitlab-rails-ce-18.1 | 0 |
| chainguard | gitlab-workhorse-ce-fips-18.1 | 0 |
| chainguard | gitlab-workhorse-ce-18.1 | 0 |
| chainguard | gitlab-rails-ce-fips-18.1 | 0 |
Timeline
- Oct 8, 2025 CVE Published
- Oct 9, 2025 EPSS Score (30 in total, the first dated here)
- Oct 9, 2025 Coalition ESS Score (8 in total, the first dated here)
- Nov 20, 2025 CVE Updated
- Mar 17, 2026 Security Advisory (3 in total, the first dated here)
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References
- GitLab Issue #528979 issue-trackingpermissions-required
- HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #3058791 technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required