CVE-2025-6016
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 9.2 before 18.9.6, 18.10 before 18.10.4, and 18.11 before 18.11.1 that could have allowed an authenticated user to cause denial of service due to insufficient resource allocation…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 9.2 before 18.9.6, 18.10 before 18.10.4, and 18.11 before 18.11.1 that could have allowed an authenticated user to cause denial of service due to insufficient resource allocation limits when retrieving notes under certain conditions.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.40% probability · 34th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-770
- Affected
- gitlab/gitlab
- Source
- cve@gitlab.com
References
- https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/04/22/patch-release-gitlab-18-11-1-released/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/548940Broken Link
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3160363Permissions Required
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.