CVE-2025-8099 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition affecting all versions from 10.8 before 18.6.6, 18.7 before 18.7.4, and 18.8 before 18.8.4. Under certain conditions, the GraphQL interface, described as involving GraphQL introspection, can be abused by an unauthenticated remote attacker through repeated GraphQL queries. The issue is characterized by uncontrolled or excessive resource allocation during query handling, allowing repeated or complex requests to overwhelm the service and degrade availability.
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A high-severity denial-of-service vulnerability in GitLab’s GraphQL interface that can crash the service via repeated complex queries.
GitLab denial-of-service vulnerability where unauthenticated attackers can overwhelm the server via repeated GraphQL queries.
Unauthenticated denial-of-service via repeated GraphQL introspection queries under certain conditions.
A denial-of-service vulnerability in GitLab GraphQL introspection that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause service disruption via repeated GraphQL queries.
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Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
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