CVE-2025-1250
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.0 before 18.1.6, 18.2 before 18.2.6, and 18.3 before 18.3.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user to stall background job processing by sending specially crafted commit messages, merge request descriptions, or notes.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used 6.5
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.0 before 18.1.6, 18.2 before 18.2.6, and 18.3 before 18.3.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user to stall background job processing by sending specially crafted commit messages, merge request descriptions, or notes.
- Record
CVE-2025-1250- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-29018 6.5
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.0 before 18.1.6, 18.2 before 18.2.6, and 18.3 before 18.3.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user to stall background job processing by sending specially crafted commit messages, merge request descriptions, or notes.
- Record
EUVD-2025-29018- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mmm6-54w9-rfq2 6.5
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.0 before 18.1.6, 18.2...
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.0 before 18.1.6, 18.2 before 18.2.6, and 18.3 before 18.3.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user to stall background job processing by sending specially crafted commit messages, merge request descriptions, or notes.
- Record
GHSA-mmm6-54w9-rfq2- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD 6.5
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.0 before 18.1.6, 18.2 before 18.2.6, and 18.3 before 18.3.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user to stall background job processing by sending specially crafted commit messages, merge request descriptions, or notes.
- Record
CVE-2025-1250- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV 6.5
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.0 before 18.1.6, 18.2 before 18.2.6, and 18.3 before 18.3.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user to stall background job processing by sending specially crafted commit messages, merge request descriptions, or notes.
- Record
CVE-2025-1250- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-gitlab-2025-1250No score
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.0 before 18.1.6, 18.2 before 18.2.6, and 18.3 before 18.3.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user to stall background job processing by sending specially crafted commit messages, merge request descriptions, or notes.
- Record
BIT-gitlab-2025-1250- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
gitlabBitnami | 15.0.0 up to 18.1.6, 18.2.0 up to 18.2.6, 18.3.0 up to 18.3.2 | 18.1.618.2.618.3.2 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-1250 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Gitlab, published September 12, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.51%, the 43rd percentile. Fixed in gitlab 18.1.6.
References
about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/09/10/patch-release-gitlab-18-3-2-released
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/519335
hackerone.com/reports/2903896
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1250
github.com/advisories/GHSA-mmm6-54w9-rfq2
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/1xxx/CVE-2025-1250.json