GitLab 8.14 < 18.0.6 / 18.1 < 18.1.4 / 18.2 < 18.2.2 (CVE-2025-1477)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 249244

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 8.14 before 18.0.6, 18.1 before 18.1.4, and 18.2 before 18.2.2 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to create a denial of service condition by sending specially crafted payloads to specific integration API endpoints.
(CVE-2025-1477)

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 18.0.6, 18.1.4, 18.2.2 or later.

See Also

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/520353

https://hackerone.com/reports/2987614

http://www.nessus.org/u?02a42eb1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 249244

File Name: gitlab_cve-2025-1477.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 8/14/2025

Updated: 8/14/2025

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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-2025-1477

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: 8/13/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-1477