GitLab < 17.8.7 / 17.9 < 17.9.6 / 17.10 < 17.10.4 (CVE-2025-1677)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 234128

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:

- A Denial of Service (DoS) issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all up to 17.8.7, 17.9 prior to 17.9.6 and 17.10 prior to 17.10.4 A denial of service could occur upon injecting oversized payloads into CI pipeline exports. (CVE-2025-1677)

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 17.8.7, 17.9.6, 17.10.4 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?7db8436a

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/521117

https://hackerone.com/reports/3004008

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 234128

File Name: gitlab_cve-2025-1677.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 4/10/2025

Updated: 4/10/2025

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-1677

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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: 4/10/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-1677