CVE-2025-2614Public exploitNetwork attack vector

Authenticated server crash via unbounded release names

Published Aug 13, 2025 · Updated Aug 13, 2025

Resource exhaustion in affected GitLab CE/EE releases allows remote authenticated users to crash servers by submitting oversized release names. The Releases API stores release names without a length limit, and listing APIs, GraphQL queries, or controllers aggregate them into memory- and CPU-intensive responses. Project access sufficient to create releases is required; repeated 100 MB names can produce gigabyte-scale responses that disrupt service for all users.

CVSS severity6.5
Medium
EPSS probability0.37%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Resource exhaustion in affected GitLab CE/EE releases allows remote authenticated users to crash servers by submitting oversized release names. The Releases API stores release names without a length limit, and listing APIs, GraphQL queries, or controllers aggregate them into memory- and CPU-intensive responses. Project access sufficient to create releases is required; repeated 100 MB names can produce gigabyte-scale responses that disrupt service for all users.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-2614
Published
Aug 13, 2025
Updated
Aug 13, 2025
Vendor
GitLab
Product
GitLab
Classifications
CWE-770, T1499
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Aug 13, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=11.6 <18.0.6
  2. Affected versionversion=18.1 <18.1.4
  3. Affected versionversion=18.2 <18.2.2

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

GitLab · GitLabversion=11.6 <18.0.6; version=18.1 <18.1.4; version=18.2 <18.2.2

Published CVSS scores

6.5GitLab Inc.CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.

Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
T1499Endpoint Denial of Service

Public exploit references

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Technologies

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