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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2025-14513 json

Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input in GitLab

published 2026-03-11 7 mo ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-gitlab-2025-14513 , EUVD-2025-208576

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.11 before 18.7.6, 18.8 before 18.8.6, and 18.9 before 18.9.2 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to cause a denial of service condition due to improper input validation when processing specially crafted JSON payloads in the protected branches API.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami gitlab 18.7.6, 18.8.6, 18.9.2
  • GitLab GitLab 18.7.6, 18.8.6, 18.9.2

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
7 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • hackerone.com https://hackerone.com/reports/3452477 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
OSV 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami gitlab
>=16.11.0, <18.7.6
>=18.8.0, <18.8.6
>=18.9.0, <18.9.2
18.7.6
18.8.6
18.9.2

Affected products

  • GitLab GitLab

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-1284 Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.