PT-2026-1960 · Gitlab · Gitlab Ce/Ee

Published 2026-01-08 · Updated 2026-01-12 · CVE-2025-9222

Positive Technologies · (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.7

8.7

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GitLab CE/EE versions 18.2.2 through 18.5.4 GitLab CE/EE versions 18.6.0 through 18.6.2 GitLab CE/EE versions 18.7.0 through 18.7.0

Description An issue exists in GitLab CE/EE that allows an authenticated user to achieve stored cross-site scripting by exploiting GitLab Flavored Markdown. This is due to improper input neutralization, enabling script injection.

Recommendations Update to GitLab CE/EE version 18.5.5 or later. Update to GitLab CE/EE version 18.6.3 or later. Update to GitLab CE/EE version 18.7.1 or later.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-9222

Affected Products

Gitlab Ce/Ee

References · 12

• 🔥 https://hackerone.com/reports/3297483 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9222 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/pulsepatchio/status/2009994496260645190 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2009578256325029924 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CCBalert/status/2010761429599576532 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/ThreatSynop/status/2009212548885676211 · Twitter Post
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/562561 · Note
• https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/01/07/patch-release-gitlab-18-7-1-released · Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/41818 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/ActiveITSolutns/status/2010711515255439850 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/ThreatSynop/status/2009211394445435361 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/threatcluster/status/2009241277724803504 · Twitter Post