Authenticated service interruption via unthrottled blobSearch requests
Published Sep 26, 2025 · Updated Sep 26, 2025
Resource exhaustion in GitLab CE/EE allows remote authenticated users to interrupt service through repeated GraphQL blobSearch requests. The blobSearch field in the unprotected GraphQL API accepts repeated queries without resource limits or throttling, allowing request-driven work to accumulate. Successful exploitation requires a valid account and user interaction; the published impact is limited to reduced availability, not data disclosure or modification.
Summary
What happened
Resource exhaustion in GitLab CE/EE allows remote authenticated users to interrupt service through repeated GraphQL blobSearch requests. The blobSearch field in the unprotected GraphQL API accepts repeated queries without resource limits or throttling, allowing request-driven work to accumulate. Successful exploitation requires a valid account and user interaction; the published impact is limited to reduced availability, not data disclosure or modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-10867
- Published
- Sep 26, 2025
- Updated
- Sep 26, 2025
- Vendor
- GitLab
- Product
- GitLab
- Classifications
- CWE-770, T1499.003
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 26, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 26, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=18.1 <18.2.7
- Affected versionversion=18.3 <18.3.3
- Affected versionversion=18.4 <18.4.1
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