High severity · published Feb 11, 2026
CVE-2025-8099
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
7.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 10.8 before 18.6.6, 18.7 before 18.7.4, and 18.8 before 18.8.4 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause denial of service by sending repeated GraphQL queries.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
GitLab · GitLab
10.8 before 18.6.6; 18.7 before 18.7.4; 18.8 before 18.8.4 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8099
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8099
Release Notes
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/02/10/patch-release-gitlab-18-8-4-released/
Broken Link
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/557165
Permissions Required
https://hackerone.com/reports/3240210
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