CVE-2025-11974 | Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 11.7 before 18.3.5, 18.4 before 18.4.3, and 18.5 before 18.5.1 that could have allowed an unauthenticated attacker to create a denial of service condition by uploading large files to specific API endpoints.

Published: 2025-10-27 Last update: 2025-10-28 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-11974 is rated Low Risk (34.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.32%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-11974

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.11% 0.32% +0.21%
2 2026-02-26 0.03% 0.11% +0.08%
3 2025-10-27 — 0.03% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-11974

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-11974

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-11974

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2025-11974 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (gitlab), 1 status rows across 1 suites (sid): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-11974
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-11974 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gitlab), 6 status rows across 6 suites (jammy, noble, plucky, questing, upstream, xenial): DNE 4, ignored 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-11974

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-11974

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gitlab gitlab >= 11.7.0, < 18.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab >= 11.7.0, < 18.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab >= 18.4.0, < 18.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab >= 18.4.0, < 18.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab 18.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:18.5.0:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
gitlab gitlab 18.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:18.5.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-11974

cvelogic Threat Intelligence