Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-12571

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.10 before 18.4.5, 18.5 before 18.5.3, and 18.6 before 18.6.1 that could have allowed an unauthenticate

Published Nov 26, 2025 · catalog updated Dec 10, 2025 · GitLab GitLab

Last checked Oct 30, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-12571. EPSS is 0.53%. Act only if a listed version of GitLab GitLab is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
High7.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.53%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor GitLab GitLab 17.10 <18.4.5

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.10 before 18.4.5, 18.5 before 18.5.3, and 18.6 before 18.6.1 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause a Denial of Service condition by sending specifically crafted requests containing malicious JSON payloads.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor GitLab GitLab 17.10 <18.4.517.10 <18.4.5

How to fix CVE-2025-12571

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-12571. EPSS is 0.53%. Act only if a listed version of GitLab GitLab is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with GitLab GitLab 17.10 <18.4.5 17.10 <18.4.5. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.53%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

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Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 26, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.10 before 18.4.5, 18.5 before 18.5.3, and 18.6 before 18.6.1 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause a Denial of Service condition by sending specifically crafted requests containing malicious JSON payloads.

  2. Dec 10, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.10 before 18.4.5, 18.5 before 18.5.3, and 18.6 before 18.6.1 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause a Denial of Service condition by sending specifically crafted requests containing malicious JSON payloads.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-12571

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-12571

    30-day exploitation probability 0.53%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-199759

    GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.10 before 18.4.5, 18.5 before 18.5.3, and 18.6 before 18.6.1 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause a Denial of Service condition by sending specifically crafted requests containing ma

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 30, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 30, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 27, 2026
  • EUVDOct 27, 2026