# CVE-2025-12571: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab

> CVE-2025-12571: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab. CVSS 7.5 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-12571
Last updated: 2026-10-18T20:10:00Z

- Published: 2025-11-26 19:46 UTC · Updated: 2026-10-18 20:10 UTC · Assigner: GitLab
- CVSS: 7.5 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS: 0.51%, 43th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-770

## Description

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.10 before 18.4.5, 18.5 before 18.5.3, and 18.6 before 18.6.1 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause a Denial of Service condition by sending specifically crafted requests containing malicious JSON payloads.

## Affected vendors and products

- GitLab: GitLab

## Tracked companies

- [GitLab](https://rewindex.com/company/gitlab.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12571)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12571)
- [https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/11/26/patch-release-gitlab-18-6-1-released/](https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/11/26/patch-release-gitlab-18-6-1-released/)
- [https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/579168](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/579168)
- [https://hackerone.com/reports/3362239](https://hackerone.com/reports/3362239)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-12571 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-12571.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2025-12571 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:15:47.912Z