Denial of Service Vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE Products
CVE-2025-1072

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Gitlab
Status
Gitlab
Vendor
CVE Published:
7 February 2025

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability has been identified in GitLab CE/EE, impacting versions from 7.14.1 prior to 17.3.7, as well as 17.4 prior to 17.4.4 and 17.5 prior to 17.5.2. This issue arises when maliciously crafted content is imported using the Fogbugz importer, leading to a potential disruption of service.

Affected Version(s)

GitLab 7.14.1 < 17.3.7

GitLab 17.4 < 17.4.4

GitLab 17.5 < 17.5.2

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2025-1072 - Proof of Concept

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/463093
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https://hackerone.com/reports/2504059
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https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/11/13/patch-releas...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Thanks [a92847865](https://hackerone.com/a92847865) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
.