CVE-2025-1677: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab

Published Apr 9, 2025
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Updated

A Denial of Service (DoS) issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all up to 17.8.7, 17.9 prior to 17.9.6 and 17.10 prior to 17.10.4 A denial of service could occur upon injecting oversized payloads into CI pipeline exports.

Other sources

A Denial of Service (DoS) issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all up to 17.8.7, 17.9 prior to 17.9.6 and 17.10 prior to 17.10.4. A denial of service could occur upon injecting oversized payloads into CI pipeline exports. This is a medium severity issue (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H, 6.5). It is now mitigated in the latest release and is assigned CVE-2025-1677.

GitLab

Affected Software

8 affected componentsFixes available
GitLab GitLab CE/EE<=17.8.7, <17.9.6, <17.10.4
GitLab GitLab<=17.8.7
GitLab GitLab<=17.8.7
GitLab GitLab>=17.9.0<17.9.6
GitLab GitLab>=17.9.0<17.9.6
GitLab GitLab>=17.10.0<17.10.4
GitLab GitLab>=17.10.0<17.10.4
GitLab GitLab>=17.9<17.9.6, >=17.10<17.10.4
17.9.617.10.4

Remediation

Information

Upgrade to version 17.10.4, 17.9.6 or 17.8.7

Event History

Apr 10, 2025
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:30 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:30 PM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·01:15 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
Apr 22, 2026
Data Sourced
via GitLab·08:55 AM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software

Peer vulnerabilities

Found alongside the following vulnerabilities.

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2025-1677?

CVE-2025-1677 has a severity rating of Medium as it leads to a Denial of Service (DoS) affecting GitLab CE/EE.

2

How do I fix CVE-2025-1677?

To fix CVE-2025-1677, upgrade your GitLab CE/EE instance to version 17.9.6 or 17.10.4 or later.

3

What versions are affected by CVE-2025-1677?

CVE-2025-1677 affects GitLab CE/EE versions up to 17.8.7, 17.9 before 17.9.6, and 17.10 before 17.10.4.

4

What kind of attack does CVE-2025-1677 enable?

CVE-2025-1677 enables a Denial of Service (DoS) attack through the injection of oversized payloads into CI pipeline exports.

5

Is there any workaround for CVE-2025-1677?

Currently, there is no published workaround for CVE-2025-1677; updating to a fixed version is the recommended solution.

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