CVE-2025-8405: high-severity vulnerability in GitLab
Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output in GitLab
Published · Updated
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.7epss 0.5%
exploitation probability
0.5%top 58% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
GitLab has remediated a security issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.1 before 18.4.6, 18.5 before 18.5.4, and 18.6 before 18.6.2 that could have allowed an authenticated user to perform unauthorized actions on behalf of other users by injecting malicious HTML into vulnerability code flow displays.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Affected products
GitLab · GitLabRelated CVEs — GitLab
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