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GitLab 8.13 < 17.10.8 / 17.11 < 17.11.4 / 18.0 < 18.0.2 (CVE-2025-1478)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 238312

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Synopsis

The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability, as follows:

 - An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 8.13 before 17.10.7, 17.11 before 17.11.3, and 18.0 before 18.0.1. A lack of input validation in Board Names could be used to trigger a denial of service. (CVE-2025-1478)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to GitLab version 17.10.8, 17.11.4, 18.0.2 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?e235007f

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/520354

https://hackerone.com/reports/2987444

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 238312

File Name: gitlab_cve-2025-1478.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 6/12/2025

Updated: 6/13/2025

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-1478

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:gitlab:gitlab

Required KB Items: installed_sw/GitLab

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/12/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/12/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-1478

IAVA: 2025-A-0426