CVE-2025-6016

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 9.2 before 18.9.6, 18.10 before 18.10.4, and 18.11 before 18.11.1 that could have allowed an authenticated user to cause denial of service due to insufficient resource allocation limits when retrieving notes under certain conditions.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/04/22/patch-release-gitlab-18-11-1-released/	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/work_items/548940	Broken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/3160363	Permissions Required

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:18.11.0::::community:::
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:18.11.0::::enterprise:::

History

14 Oct 2026, 13:10

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Summary		(es) GitLab ha remediado un problema en GitLab CE/EE que afecta a todas las versiones desde la 9.2 anterior a la 18.9.6, la 18.10 anterior a la 18.10.4, y la 18.11 anterior a la 18.11.1 que podría haber permitido a un usuario autenticado causar denegación de servicio debido a límites insuficientes de asignación de recursos al recuperar notas bajo ciertas condiciones.

Information

Published : 2026-04-22 17:16

Updated : 2026-10-14 13:10

NVD link : CVE-2025-6016

Mitre link : CVE-2025-6016

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-6016

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gitlab

gitlab

CWE

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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