CVE-2025-5996 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
An authenticated user can cause a denial of service in GitLab due to insufficient input validation in HTTP responses.
- 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-2025-5996?
CVE-2025-5996 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 12 Jun 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 2.1.0 before 17.10.8, 17.11 before 17.11.4, and 18.0 before 18.0.2. A lack of input validation in HTTP responses could allow an authenticated user to cause denial of service.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5996?
1 open source package ship an affected version, including gitlab. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
gitlab Bitnami | From 2.10.0 | 17.11.3, 18.0.1 |
Products include Gitlab Gitlab.
How do I fix CVE-2025-5996?
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-2025-5996 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-5996 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-2025-5996, GHSA-wjh7-hp74-8r7h, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5996.