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GitLab 16.11 < 17.6.5 / 17.7 < 17.7.4 / 17.8 < 17.8.2 (CVE-2025-1198)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 216222

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 discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.11 prior to 17.6.5, 17.7 prior to 17.7.4, and 17.8 prior to 17.8.2 meant that long-lived connections in ActionCable potentially allowed revoked Personal Access Tokens access to streaming results. (CVE-2025-1198)

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 17.6.5, 17.7.4, 17.8.2 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1c94a5ca

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/511477

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 216222

File Name: gitlab_cve-2025-1198.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 2/13/2025

Updated: 2/13/2025

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-1198

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.2

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

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: 2/13/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-1198