GitLab 15.0 < 17.6.4 / 17.7 < 17.7.2 / 17.8 < 17.8.0 (CVE-2025-0290)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 214702

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 starting from 15.0 prior to 17.5.5, from 17.6 prior to 17.6.3, and from 17.7 prior to 17.7.1. Under certain conditions, processing of CI artifacts metadata could cause background jobs to become unresponsive. (CVE-2025-0290)

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 17.6.4, 17.7.2, 17.8.0 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?2415a3a1

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/372134

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 214702

File Name: gitlab_cve-2025-0290.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 1/28/2025

Updated: 1/28/2025

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-0290

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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: 1/28/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/28/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-0290