CVE-2025-2614: 
GitLab vulnerability analysis and mitigation

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 11.6 before 18.0.6, 18.1 before 18.1.4, and 18.2 before 18.2.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user to cause a denial of service condition by creating specially crafted content that consumes excessive server resources when processed (GitLab Release, NVD).

The vulnerability is classified as an Allocation of Resources Without Limits issue (CWE-770). The CVSS v3.1 base score is 6.5 MEDIUM with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. This indicates that the vulnerability requires network access and low privileges to exploit, with no user interaction needed, and primarily impacts system availability (GitLab Release).

The vulnerability allows authenticated users to cause a denial of service condition by creating specially crafted content that consumes excessive server resources when processed. This can lead to system unavailability, affecting the overall performance and accessibility of the GitLab instance (GitLab Release).

GitLab has released patches to address this vulnerability in versions 18.0.6, 18.1.4, and 18.2.2. Users are strongly recommended to upgrade to these patched versions immediately. GitLab.com is already running the patched version, and GitLab Dedicated customers do not need to take action (GitLab Release).