Improper Neutralization of HTTP Headers for Scripting Syntax in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2025-1908

 

Improper Neutralization of HTTP Headers for Scripting Syntax in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2025-1908

Published: April 23, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU107882
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-1908
CWE-ID: CWE-644
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when processing Network Error Logging (NEL) HTTP headers in Maven dependency proxy. A remote user can inject a Network Error Logging (NEL) HTTP header into server response and potentially take over an arbitrary account.


Affected software

Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition

How to mitigate CVE-2025-1908

Install updates from vendor's website.

Gitlab Community Edition - addressed in versions 17.9.7, 17.10.5, 17.11.1
GitLab Enterprise Edition - addressed in versions 17.9.7, 17.10.5, 17.11.1

External References

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