CVE-2025-14870 json
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
published 5mo ago modified 28d ago also BIT-gitlab-2025-14870 , EUVD-2025-209836
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.5 before 18.9.7, 18.10 before 18.10.6, and 18.11 before 18.11.3 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause denial of service by sending specially crafted JSON payloads due to insufficient input validation.
Patch / fix
- bitnami gitlab 18.9.7, 18.10.6, 18.11.3
- GitLab GitLab 18.9.7, 18.10.6, 18.11.3
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 5mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
Exploits and checks
- hackerone.com https://hackerone.com/reports/3446641 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| OSV | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| bitnami | gitlab | >=18.5.0, <18.9.7 >=18.10.0, <18.10.6 >=18.11.0, <18.11.3 |
18.9.7 18.10.6 18.11.3 |
Affected products
- GitLab GitLab
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
- Technology feeds
References
-
hackerone.com
/reports/3446641
technical-description, exploit, permissions-required, web
-
gitlab.com
/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/584490
not-applicable, web
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about.gitlab.com
/releases/2026/05/13/patch-release-gitlab-18-11-3-released/
release-notes, article
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14870
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-14870
- NVD CVE-2025-14870
- OSV BIT-gitlab-2025-14870
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