CVE-2025-12562
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Publication date: 2025-12-11

Last updated on: 2025-12-11

Assigner: GitLab Inc.

Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 11.10 before 18.4.6, 18.5 before 18.5.4, and 18.6 before 18.6.2 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to create a denial of service condition by sending crafted GraphQL queries that bypass query complexity limits.

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Published
2025-12-11
Last Modified
2025-12-11
Generated
2026-07-06
AI Q&A
2025-12-11
EPSS Evaluated
2026-07-05
NVD
CVE-2025-12562
EUVD
EUVD-2025-202658

Affected Vendors & Products

Showing 8 associated CPEs
Vendor Product Version / Range
gitlab gitlab_ce 18.6
gitlab gitlab_ce 18.5
gitlab gitlab_ee 18.6
gitlab gitlab_ee 18.5
gitlab gitlab_ce 18.4
gitlab gitlab_ee 18.4
gitlab gitlab_ee 11.10
gitlab gitlab_ce 11.10

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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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Executive Summary

This vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE allows an unauthenticated user to create a denial of service (DoS) condition by sending specially crafted GraphQL queries that bypass the query complexity limits.

Impact Analysis

The impact of this vulnerability is a denial of service condition, which means an attacker can disrupt the availability of the GitLab service by exploiting the flaw to overload the system with complex GraphQL queries.

Mitigation Strategies

To mitigate this vulnerability, you should upgrade GitLab CE/EE to versions 18.4.6 or later, 18.5.4 or later, or 18.6.2 or later, as these versions contain the fix for the denial of service condition caused by crafted GraphQL queries.

Compliance Impact

The provided information does not specify how this vulnerability affects compliance with common standards and regulations such as GDPR or HIPAA.

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