GitLab CE/EE 17.218.4 GraphQL CPU DoS Vulnerability
CVE-2025-11042 Published on September 26, 2025
An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 17.2 before 18.2.7, 18.3 before 18.3.3, and 18.4 before 18.4.1, that allows an attacker to cause uncontrolled CPU consumption, potentially leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition while using specific GraphQL queries.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-11042 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a small impact on availability.
Weakness Type
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
The software allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.
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Affected Versions
GitLab:- Version 17.2 and below 18.2.7 is affected.
- Version 18.3 and below 18.3.3 is affected.
- Version 18.4 and below 18.4.1 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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