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CVE-2025-3525

Status: AnalyzedMedium (6.5)—

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 9.0 before 18.7.5, 18.8 before 18.8.5, and 18.9 before 18.9.1 that could have, under certain circumstances, allowed an authenticated user with certain access to cause Denial of Service by creating specially crafted CI triggers via the API.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Gitlab — Gitlab

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