CVE-2025-5101
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CVE-2025-5101 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5/10 on the CVSS scale. An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 18.1.5, 18.2 before 18.2.5, and 18.3 before 18.3.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated attacker to distribute malicious code that appears harmless in the web interface by taking advantage of ambiguity between branches and tags during repository imports.. EPSS estimates a 0.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 18.1.5, 18.2 before 18.2.5, and 18.3 before 18.3.1 that under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated attacker to distribute malicious code that appears harmless in the web interface by taking advantage of ambiguity between branches and tags during repository imports.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Gitlab | Gitlab | < 18.1.5 |
| Gitlab | Gitlab | >= 18.2.0, < 18.2.5 |
| Gitlab | Gitlab | 18.3.0 |
References
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3124199Permissions Required
Timeline
- Published
- Last Modified
- Status
- Analyzed
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