CVE-2025-11974
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Publication date: 2025-10-27
Last updated on: 2025-10-28
Assigner: GitLab Inc.
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| gitlab | gitlab | From 11.7.0 (inc) to 18.3.5 (exc) |
| gitlab | gitlab | From 11.7.0 (inc) to 18.3.5 (exc) |
| gitlab | gitlab | From 18.4.0 (inc) to 18.4.3 (exc) |
| gitlab | gitlab | From 18.4.0 (inc) to 18.4.3 (exc) |
| gitlab | gitlab | 18.5.0 |
| gitlab | gitlab | 18.5.0 |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-770 | The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any intended restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated. |
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AI Powered Q&A
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability can impact you by causing a denial of service condition, potentially making the GitLab service unavailable or degraded due to resource exhaustion from large file uploads by an attacker.
Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE versions before certain fixed releases allows an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service by uploading large files to specific API endpoints.
What immediate steps should I take to mitigate this vulnerability?
To mitigate this vulnerability, update GitLab CE/EE to a fixed version: 18.3.5 or later for 18.3.x, 18.4.3 or later for 18.4.x, and 18.5.1 or later for 18.5.x. Avoid allowing unauthenticated users to upload large files to the affected API endpoints until the update is applied.