{"id":"BIT-gitlab-2025-5996","summary":"Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab","details":"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.","aliases":["CVE-2025-5996"],"modified":"2026-09-08T08:47:45.524426027Z","published":"2025-06-14T06:15:35.859Z","database_specific":{"severity":"Medium","cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*"]},"references":[{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/476671"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/479167"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/483111"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/483150"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/498649"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5996"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"gitlab","ecosystem":"Bitnami","purl":"pkg:bitnami/gitlab"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"2.10.0"},{"fixed":"17.11.3"},{"introduced":"18.0.0"},{"fixed":"18.0.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/gitlab/BIT-gitlab-2025-5996.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}