CVE-2025-5996
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.48%
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 2.1.0 before 17.10.8, 17.11 before 17.11.4, and 18.0 before 18.0.2. A lack of input validation in HTTP responses could allow an authenticated user to cause denial of service.
How to fix CVE-2025-5996
To remediate CVE-2025-5996, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 17.11.3 or later
Is CVE-2025-5996 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 2.10.0, < 17.11.3, >= 18.0.0, < 18.0.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |