CVE-2025-0993 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
An authenticated attacker can cause a denial of service by exhausting server resources in GitLab.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-0993?
CVE-2025-0993 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 22 May 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 before 17.10.7, 17.11 before 17.11.3, and 18.0 before 18.0.1. This could allow an authenticated attacker to cause a denial of service condition by exhausting server resources.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0993?
1 open source package ship an affected version, including gitlab. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
gitlab Bitnami | All versions | 17.11.3, 18.0.1 |
Products include Gitlab Gitlab.
How do I fix CVE-2025-0993?
Upgrade gitlab to a fixed version for your release line: 17.11.3 or 18.0.1.
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-2025-0993 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0993 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-2025-0993, GHSA-g93f-rhw4-8mj3, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-0993.