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CVE-2025-1516: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab

6.5 CVSS

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 8.7 before 17.10.8, 17.11 before 17.11.4, and 18.0 before 18.0.2. Improper input validation in Tokens Names could be used to trigger a denial of service.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-1516

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 6.5

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types

CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Affected Products

Vendor: GitLab

Product: GitLab

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.06% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 18.87% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-19 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1516
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/520553
https://hackerone.com/reports/2991435

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