An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 2.1.0 before 17.10.8, 17.11 before 17.11.4, and 18.0 before 18.0.2. A lack of input validation in HTTP responses could allow an authenticated user to cause denial of service.
{
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-770"
],
"cna_assigner": "GitLab",
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/5xxx/CVE-2025-5996.json"
}{
"source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
"extracted_events": [
{
"introduced": "2.10"
},
{
"fixed": "17.10.7"
},
{
"introduced": "17.11"
},
{
"fixed": "17.11.3"
},
{
"introduced": "18.0"
},
{
"fixed": "18.0.1"
}
]
}