CVE-2025-2614 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
An authenticated user can cause a denial of service in GitLab by creating specially crafted content that consumes excessive server resources.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-2614?
CVE-2025-2614 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 13 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 11.6 before 18.0.6, 18.1 before 18.1.4, and 18.2 before 18.2.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user to cause a denial of service condition by creating specially crafted content that consumes excessive server resources when processed.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-2614?
1 open source package ship an affected version, including gitlab. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
gitlab Bitnami | From 11.6.0 | 18.0.6, 18.1.4, 18.2.2 |
Products include Gitlab Gitlab.
How do I fix CVE-2025-2614?
Upgrade gitlab to a fixed version for your release line: 18.0.6, 18.1.4 or 18.2.2.
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-2025-2614 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-2614 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-2025-2614, GHSA-wxx2-2cv7-vhx6, MINI-j853-r33w-74w4, MINI-mv65-mwc6-6x4r, MINI-r499-27xj-p892, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-2614.