CVE-2025-3525

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 9.0 before 18.7.5, 18.8 before 18.8.5, and 18.9 before 18.9.1 that could have, under certain circumstances, allowed an authenticated user with certain access to cause Denial of Service by creating specially crafted CI triggers via the API.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

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/535662	Broken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/3045257	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

27 Feb 2026, 16:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Gitlab Gitlab gitlab
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/535662 -~~	() https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/535662 - Broken Link
References	~~() https://hackerone.com/reports/3045257 -~~	() https://hackerone.com/reports/3045257 - Permissions Required
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, 20:21

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-02-25 20:21

Updated : 2026-02-27 16:17

NVD link : CVE-2025-3525

Mitre link : CVE-2025-3525

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-3525

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gitlab

gitlab

CWE

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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