CVE-2025-11974
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 11.7 before 18.3.5, 18.4 before 18.4.3, and 18.5 before 18.5.1 that could have allowed an unauthenticated attacker to create a denial of service condition by uploading large files to specific API endpoints.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.5
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2025-10-27 00:15:40.780000
Last modified
2026-10-19 16:10:00.260000
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