CVE-2025-12576
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 9.3 before 18.7.6, 18.8 before 18.8.6, and 18.9 before 18.9.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to cause a denial of service due to improper handling of webhook response data.
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
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 9.3 before 18.7.6, 18.8 before 18.8.6, and 18.9 before 18.9.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to cause a denial of service due to improper handling of webhook response data.
- Record
CVE-2025-12576- 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-2025-208567
6.5
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 9.3 before 18.7.6, 18.8 before 18.8.6, and 18.9 before 18.9.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to cause a denial of service due to improper handling of webhook response data.
- Record
EUVD-2025-208567- 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-m62r-8f87-wrg8
6.5
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 9.3 before 18.7.6, 18...
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 9.3 before 18.7.6, 18.8 before 18.8.6, and 18.9 before 18.9.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to cause a denial of service due to improper handling of webhook response data.
- Record
GHSA-m62r-8f87-wrg8- 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
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 9.3 before 18.7.6, 18.8 before 18.8.6, and 18.9 before 18.9.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to cause a denial of service due to improper handling of webhook response data.
- Record
CVE-2025-12576- 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
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 9.3 before 18.7.6, 18.8 before 18.8.6, and 18.9 before 18.9.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to cause a denial of service due to improper handling of webhook response data.
- Record
CVE-2025-12576- 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
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2025-12576
6.5
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 9.3 before 18.7.6, 18.8 before 18.8.6, and 18.9 before 18.9.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to cause a denial of service due to improper handling of webhook response data.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2025-12576- 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
OSVBIT-gitlab-2025-12576 No score
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 9.3 before 18.7.6, 18.8 before 18.8.6, and 18.9 before 18.9.2 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to cause a denial of service due to improper handling of webhook response data.
- Record
BIT-gitlab-2025-12576- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
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-2025-12576 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Gitlab, published March 11, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.45%, the 39th percentile. Fixed in gitlab 18.7.6.
References
hackerone.com/reports/3395198
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/579170
about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/03/11/patch-release-gitlab-18-9-2-released
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12576
github.com/advisories/GHSA-m62r-8f87-wrg8
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/12xxx/CVE-2025-12576.json
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-12576
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12576