GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 18.6.5/18.7.3/18.8.3 allocation of resources

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 18.6.5/18.7.3/18.8.3. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to allocation of resources. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-8099. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 18.6.5/18.7.3/18.8.3 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a allocation of resources vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-770. The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 10.8 before 18.6.6, 18.7 before 18.7.4, and 18.8 before 18.8.4 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause denial of service by sending repeated GraphQL queries.

The weakness was released by foxribeye. The advisory is shared at gitlab.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-8099 since 07/23/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 298855 (GitLab 10.8 < 18.6.6 / 18.7 < 18.7.4 / 18.8 < 18.8.4 (CVE-2025-8099)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 18.6.6, 18.7.4 or 18.8.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (298855). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 7.5
CNA Vector (GitLab): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Allocation of resources
CWE: CWE-770 / CWE-400 / CWE-404
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 298855
Nessus Name: GitLab 10.8 < 18.6.6 / 18.7 < 18.7.4 / 18.8 < 18.8.4 (CVE-2025-8099)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 18.6.6/18.7.4/18.8.4

Timelineinfo

07/23/2025 CVE reserved
02/11/2026 +203 days Advisory disclosed
02/11/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
02/13/2026 +2 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: gitlab.com
Researcher: foxribeye
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-8099 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-8099
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-345461

Entryinfo

Created: 02/11/2026 13:09
Updated: 02/13/2026 14:33
Changes: 02/11/2026 13:09 (64), 02/13/2026 14:33 (2)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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