GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 18.9.5/18.10.3/18.11.0 GraphQL API allocation of resources

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A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 18.9.5/18.10.3/18.11.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component GraphQL API. Such manipulation leads to allocation of resources. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-3922. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 18.9.5/18.10.3/18.11.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component GraphQL API. 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. CVE summarizes:

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 12.4 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 by overwhelming system resources under certain conditions due to insufficient resource allocation limits in the GraphQL API.

The weakness was published by Pwnie. The advisory is shared for download at hackerone.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-3922 since 04/24/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

Upgrading to version 18.9.6, 18.10.4 or 18.11.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Bug Tracking Software

Vendor

• GitLab

Name

• Community Edition
• Enterprise Edition

Version

• 18.0
• 18.1
• 18.2
• 18.3
• 18.4
• 18.5
• 18.6
• 18.7
• 18.8
• 18.9
• 18.9.0
• 18.9.1
• 18.9.2
• 18.9.3
• 18.9.4
• 18.9.5
• 18.10
• 18.10.0
• 18.10.1
• 18.10.2
• 18.10.3
• 18.11.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://gitlab.com/

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