CVE-2025-14511

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 12.2 before 18.7.5, 18.8 before 18.8.5, and 18.9 before 18.9.1 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause denial of service by sending specially crafted files to the container registry event endpoint under certain conditions.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/02/25/patch-release-gitlab-18-9-1-released/	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/583717	Broken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/3452200	Permissions Required

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:18.9.0::::community:::
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:18.9.0::::enterprise:::

History

28 Feb 2026, 00:44

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/02/25/patch-release-gitlab-18-9-1-released/ -~~	() https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/02/25/patch-release-gitlab-18-9-1-released/ - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References	~~() https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/583717 -~~	() https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/583717 - Broken Link
References	~~() https://hackerone.com/reports/3452200 -~~	() https://hackerone.com/reports/3452200 - Permissions Required
First Time		Gitlab Gitlab gitlab
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::* cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:18.9.0::::community::: cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::* cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:18.9.0::::enterprise:::

25 Feb 2026, 21:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-02-25 21:16

Updated : 2026-02-28 00:44

NVD link : CVE-2025-14511

Mitre link : CVE-2025-14511

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-14511

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gitlab

gitlab

CWE

CWE-1284

Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input

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