PT-2025-25287 · Gitlab · Gitlab Ce/Ee

CVE-2025-1516 · Published 2025-06-11 · Updated 2025-06-14

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GitLab CE/EE versions 8.7 through 17.10.8 GitLab CE/EE versions 17.11 through 17.11.4 GitLab CE/EE versions 18.0 through 18.0.2

Description An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 8.7 before 17.10.8, 17.11 before 17.11.4, and 18.0 before 18.0.2. Improper input validation in Tokens Names could be used to trigger a denial of service.

Recommendations For GitLab CE/EE versions 8.7 through 17.10.8, update to a version after 17.10.8 to resolve the issue. For GitLab CE/EE versions 17.11 through 17.11.4, update to a version after 17.11.4 to resolve the issue. For GitLab CE/EE versions 18.0 through 18.0.2, update to a version after 18.0.2 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of Tokens Names to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Allocation of Resources Without Limits

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-770

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-06826

BIT-GITLAB-2025-1516

CVE-2025-1516

Affected Products

Gitlab Ce/Ee

References · 16

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/1xxx/CVE-2025-1516.json · Exploit
• 🔥 https://hackerone.com/reports/2991435 · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-06826 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1516 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-1516 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-1516 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1516 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-gitlab-2025-1516 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-1516 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1933112990095507467 · Twitter Post
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/520553 · Note
• https://t.me/cvetracker/26078 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/125464 · Telegram Post
• https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2025/06/11/patch-release-gitlab-18-0-2-released · Note
• https://t.me/latest_high_impact_cve/2621 · Telegram Post