GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 18.7.5/18.8.5/18.9.1 Requests allocation of resources

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 18.7.5/18.8.5/18.9.1. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Requests Handler. Performing a manipulation results in allocation of resources. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-13929. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 18.7.5/18.8.5/18.9.1. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code block of the component Requests Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a allocation of resources vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 10.0 before 18.7.6, 18.8 before 18.8.6, and 18.9 before 18.9.2 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause a denial of service by issuing specially crafted requests to repository archive endpoints under certain conditions.

The weakness was shared by Joaxcar as 582738. It is possible to read the advisory at gitlab.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-13929 since 12/02/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 18.7.6, 18.8.6 or 18.9.2 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at about.gitlab.com.

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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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CNA Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Allocation of resources
CWE: CWE-770 / CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 18.7.6/18.8.6/18.9.2

Timelineinfo

12/02/2025 CVE reserved
03/11/2026 +99 days Advisory disclosed
03/11/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
03/14/2026 +3 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: 582738
Researcher: Joaxcar
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-13929 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-13929
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-350439

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2026 17:32
Updated: 03/14/2026 07:36
Changes: 03/11/2026 17:32 (67), 03/14/2026 07:36 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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