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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2025-03-15 07:11

Modified

2025-08-08 06:26

Summary

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab

Details

An issue was discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting with 12.3 before 17.7.7, 17.8 prior to 17.8.5, and 17.9 prior to 17.9.2. A vulnerability in certain GitLab instances could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service condition by manipulating specific API inputs.

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    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "gitlab",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/gitlab"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "12.3.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "17.9.2"
            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "severity": [
        {
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-1257"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "High"
  },
  "details": "An issue was discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting with 12.3 before 17.7.7, 17.8 prior to 17.8.5, and 17.9 prior to 17.9.2. A vulnerability in certain GitLab instances could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service condition by manipulating specific API inputs.",
  "id": "BIT-gitlab-2025-1257",
  "modified": "2025-08-08T06:26:52.450Z",
  "published": "2025-03-15T07:11:11.910Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/519348"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/2984218"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1257"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.5.0",
  "summary": "Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab"
}

CVE-2025-1257 (GCVE-0-2025-1257)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-13 06:00 – Updated: 2025-03-14 13:44

Title

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab

Summary

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE

CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Assigner

GitLab

References

URL

Tags

	https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/519348	issue-trackingpermissions-required
	https://hackerone.com/reports/2984218	technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	GitLab	GitLab	Affected: 12.3 , < 17.7.7 (semver) Affected: 17.8 , < 17.8.5 (semver) Affected: 17.9 , < 17.9.2 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab::::::::

Credits

Thanks [pwnie](https://hackerone.com/pwnie) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program

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                    "Exploitation": "none"
                  },
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                    "Automatable": "no"
                  },
                  {
                    "Technical Impact": "partial"
                  }
                ],
                "role": "CISA Coordinator",
                "timestamp": "2025-03-14T13:44:00.643584Z",
                "version": "2.0.3"
              },
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          "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
          "shortName": "CISA-ADP"
        },
        "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment"
      }
    ],
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            "cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
          ],
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
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          "repo": "git://git@gitlab.com:gitlab-org/gitlab.git",
          "vendor": "GitLab",
          "versions": [
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              "status": "affected",
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              "versionType": "semver"
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            },
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            }
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          "value": "Thanks [pwnie](https://hackerone.com/pwnie) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program"
        }
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        }
      ],
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            "attackComplexity": "LOW",
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            "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
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    "dateReserved": "2025-02-12T16:30:44.133Z",
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  },
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Sightings

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Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

CVE-2025-1257 (GCVE-0-2025-1257)

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