CVE-2025-2256 (GCVE-0-2025-2256)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-12 06:06 – Updated: 2025-09-12 17:19
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Summary
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 7.12 before 18.1.6, 18.2 before 18.2.6, and 18.3 before 18.3.2 that could have allowed unauthorized users to render the GitLab instance unresponsive to legitimate users by sending multiple concurrent large SAML responses.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-1284 - Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Affected: 7.12 , < 18.1.6 (semver)
Affected: 18.2 , < 18.2.6 (semver)
Affected: 18.3 , < 18.3.2 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Thanks [yuki_osaki](https://hackerone.com/yuki_osaki) and [lambdasawa](https://hackerone.com/lambdasawa) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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