CVE-2025-0673 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') in GitLab
An attacker can trigger an infinite redirect loop in GitLab, causing a denial of service condition.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-0673?
CVE-2025-0673 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 12 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.7 before 17.10.8, 17.11 before 17.11.4, and 18.0 before 18.0.2, allow an attacker to trigger an infinite redirect loop, potentially leading to a denial of service condition.
Weakness: CWE-835
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0673?
1 open source package ship an affected version, including gitlab. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
gitlab Bitnami | From 17.7.0 | 18.0.2 |
Products include Gitlab Gitlab.
How do I fix CVE-2025-0673?
Upgrade gitlab to 18.0.2 or later.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2025-0673 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0673 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Gitlab Gitlab
- CVE-2026-97229 GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Integer Overflow or Wraparound
- CVE-2026-85706 GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Path Traversal
- CVE-2023-7028 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Improper Access Control
- CVE-2021-22205 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-39935 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Sources
Also known as BIT-gitlab-2025-0673, GHSA-rp5v-chq5-pw9q, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-0673.